Goddess of Balance with Catherine Nolan – Details, episodes & analysis

If you're asking THESE common questions to connect with people, you're working harder than you need to—for low-grade relationship success.

Personally and professionaly, these common check-in questions are the reason your kids bottle up and your stakeholders agree to do deliver work they never follow through on. 

In this episode, we're flipping the script on lazy questions and unpacking:
⚡ The sneaky bias trap that's making you misread people in your life
⚡ How better questions = deeper connection (with your kids, partner, team & more)
⚡ The 5 DOs & DON'Ts for instantly upgrading your communication game

Because if you want better relationships, more ease in your life, and less frustration, the fix is simple: Ask better questions.

Much love, Cath x

✨ Ready for the balanced, high-performing version of you?

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🎙️ About The Goddess of Balance Podcast
Hosted by Catherine Nolan — five-time #1 bestselling author, multi-award-winning leadership and performance coach — this podcast explores how to build real balance: the kind that fuels peak performance at work and peace at home. Because balance is doing what matters brilliantly, and resting just as well.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us!

All men don't communicate in a certain way, not all women communicate the opposite...

I know, knickers will be twisted over this episode and given how the phrase 'toxic masculinity' has been hijacked and even emerging young men are scared to be themselves... I understand the concern...

But in my work coaching leaders to be heard, there are some common blockers... and specifically, in this chat we're talking about how you sell yourself. In an interview or on the job. How do you make your brilliance known, without... agression or sleaziness?

How do we lean into the strengths of masculie and feminine styles of communication, without veering to the extremes? And, does doing that mean we're being inauthentic?

The way we communicate has less to do with the gender assigned at birth and everything to do with how we were socialised to communicate. The way we were taught to show up in relationships, how to be taken seriously, how to be seen.

This episode is a micro masterclass in how to challenge the stereotype you were taught to use... and what to do instead, for a better, more helpful result. This is the communication style that will help you to be heard - without slimy self promotion tactics that make your skin crawl.

Let's break the mould. This episode explores how we can communicate from a place of authentic power and balance, specifically in relation to 'selling yourself'.

If you're ready to embrace communication that's grounded in authenticity, power, and balance, this episode is for you.

Much love,
Cath

✨ Ready for the balanced, high-performing version of you?

🌿 Join The Balance Project
Your $25/month Netflix-style hub for thriving work-life balance, with live coaching, in-person Balance Walks, and practical game changers you can use straight away. balancewon.com 

📚 Buy the Books
Including Cath's The Did Great Habit: BOOKSTORE

🎧 Hit Subscribe! 
 to never miss a new episode 

💡Follow on Instagram
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👋🏻Connect on LinkedIn 
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 @catherine.nolan.coach

📺 Watch on YouTube 
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🎙️ About The Goddess of Balance Podcast
Hosted by Catherine Nolan — five-time #1 bestselling author, multi-award-winning leadership and performance coach — this podcast explores how to build real balance: the kind that fuels peak performance at work and peace at home. Because balance is doing what matters brilliantly, and resting just as well.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us!

🔥 Finding Nourishment in the Chaos

In this episode of The Goddess of Balance, Cath sits down with Cherie Hutchinson — tourism and farm manager at iconic beauty brand Jurlique. Cherie is a single mum, a kind change maker and radiant example of strength wrapped in softness. Together they explore what real nourishment looks like — not the day-spa kind, but the grounding, soul-steadying kind that brings you back to yourself in the middle of life's mess.

Cherie shares how she leads with heart, stays anchored in rituals, and carves her beutiful journey even through chaos. This is a powerful conversation about motherhood, leadership, noticing what's working, and choosing to lean in to your own deliciously unique journey. 

It's full of grounded wisdom and quiet fire — a reminder that softness is a strength. 

Cherie is a beacon. She's warm, wise, and quietly powerful in a way that stays with you. If you've ever felt stretched too thin or longed to come back to yourself—this episode is a breath of fresh air. You'll want to listen to this one more than once.

Much love,
Cath

✨ Ready for the balanced, high-performing version of you?

🌿 Join The Balance Project
Your $25/month Netflix-style hub for thriving work-life balance, with live coaching, in-person Balance Walks, and practical game changers you can use straight away. balancewon.com 

📚 Buy the Books
Including Cath's The Did Great Habit: BOOKSTORE

🎧 Hit Subscribe! 
 to never miss a new episode 

💡Follow on Instagram
 @thegoddessofbalance  

👋🏻Connect on LinkedIn 
Cherie linkedin.com/in/cherie-hutchinson-36912039 🌸 and Cath linkedin.com/in/nolancatherine

💖 Facebook Friend 
 @catherine.nolan.coach

📺 Watch on YouTube 
@cathnolancoach 

🎙️ About The Goddess of Balance Podcast
Hosted by Catherine Nolan — five-time #1 bestselling author, multi-award-winning leadership and performance coach — this podcast explores how to build real balance: the kind that fuels peak performance at work and peace at home. Because balance is doing what matters brilliantly, and resting just as well.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us!

Struggling with brain fog and exhaustion? It's time to change how you sleep.

Sure, we all know we need better sleep. But how many of us are actually making it happen?

In this episode of The Goddess of Balance, we're revealing surprising facts that will make it easier for you to get the quality sleep you know you need—and deserve. We all know sleep is important, but the truth is, life gets in the way, and we don't prioritise it.

So listen in and get th e instructions. This challenge will give you the simple tools and mindset shifts to actually make better sleep happen, and in turn, boost your balance, productivity, and overall well-being.

Then, over the next 21 days, start seeing real, lasting improvements in how you sleep and how you show up in your day.

If you're ready to stop making excuses and start prioritising your sleep, the Balance Project is your next step.

Find the links to get started below. 👇

Much love,
Cath

✨ Ready for the balanced, high-performing version of you?

🌿 Join The Balance Project
Your $25/month Netflix-style hub for thriving work-life balance, with live coaching, in-person Balance Walks, and practical game changers you can use straight away. balancewon.com 

📚 Buy the Books
Including Cath's The Did Great Habit: BOOKSTORE

🎧 Hit Subscribe! 
 to never miss a new episode 

💡Follow on Instagram
 @thegoddessofbalance  

👋🏻Connect on LinkedIn 
linkedin.com/in/nolancatherine

💖 Facebook Friend 
 @catherine.nolan.coach

📺 Watch on YouTube 
@cathnolancoach 

🎙️ About The Goddess of Balance Podcast
Hosted by Catherine Nolan — five-time #1 bestselling author, multi-award-winning leadership and performance coach — this podcast explores how to build real balance: the kind that fuels peak performance at work and peace at home. Because balance is doing what matters brilliantly, and resting just as well.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us!

In the space of 24 hours, I had three separate conversations with people in their 40s, all quietly wondering the same thing:
"I don't know what I want to be when I grow up."

If that sounds like you—you're not alone. Whether you've hit a plateau, feel like something's missing, or just know your current role isn't it anymore… this episode is for you.

I'll share:

💭 Why this kind of uncertainty often shows up at this time of year (Easter = existential reflection central)
💡 What your discontent might really be telling you
🛠 A simple reflection tool to help you uncover what your next move might look like

✨ You're not stuck. You're just in the space between. Let's make it count.

Much love,
Cath x

✨ Ready for the balanced, high-performing version of you?

🌿 Join The Balance Project
Your $25/month Netflix-style hub for thriving work-life balance, with live coaching, in-person Balance Walks, and practical game changers you can use straight away. balancewon.com 

📚 Buy the Books
Including Cath's The Did Great Habit: BOOKSTORE

🎧 Hit Subscribe! 
 to never miss a new episode 

💡Follow on Instagram
 @thegoddessofbalance  

👋🏻Connect on LinkedIn 
linkedin.com/in/nolancatherine

💖 Facebook Friend 
 @catherine.nolan.coach

📺 Watch on YouTube 
@cathnolancoach 

🎙️ About The Goddess of Balance Podcast
Hosted by Catherine Nolan — five-time #1 bestselling author, multi-award-winning leadership and performance coach — this podcast explores how to build real balance: the kind that fuels peak performance at work and peace at home. Because balance is doing what matters brilliantly, and resting just as well.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us!

🔥 Engineering, Equity & Energy—Redefining Balance in STEM

Brenda Denbesten, winner of the Women of Colour in Stem Engineering Excellence award -engineer, author, and change-maker who's been at the helm of some of Australia's most ambitious mining and manufacturing projects. She's also the brains behind Chronicles of a Female Engineer and a fierce advocate for equity in STEM.

In this conversation, we dive into:
⚙️ What it really looks like to lead change in male-dominated industries
🎯 Why noticing what's working (and naming it) is more powerful than always fixing
👷‍♀️ How Brenda's STEM career started with L'Oréal and led to mining autonomy
🌿 The personal practices that keep her energised, curious and thriving

Brenda's story is grounded, warm, and full of practical wisdom. I CANNOT WAIT for you to meet her. If you're a leader navigating complexity—or just someone who wants to bring more clarity and courage to your career—this episode will land.

Much love,
Cath

✨ Ready for the balanced, high-performing version of you?

🌿 Join The Balance Project
Your $25/month Netflix-style hub for thriving work-life balance, with live coaching, in-person Balance Walks, and practical game changers you can use straight away. balancewon.com 

📚 Buy the Book
Explore Catherine's bestselling books, including The Did Great Habit: BOOKSTORE

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💖 Follow on Instagram
 follow Brenda @brendadenbesten  or Cath and the Podcast @thegoddessofbalance  

👋🏻Connect on LinkedIn 
Brenda  linkedin.com/in/brendadenbesten  or Cath linkedin.com/in/nolancatherine

📺 Watch on YouTube 
@cathnolancoach 

🎙️ About The Goddess of Balance Podcast
Hosted by Catherine Nolan — five-time #1 bestselling author, multi-award-winning leadership and performance coach — this podcast explores how to build real balance: the kind that fuels peak performance at work and peace at home. Because balance is doing what matters brilliantly, and resting just as well.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us!

🔥 Can These 6 Communication Strategies Give You a 30% Gain in Productivity? 🔥

Imagine working in a high-stakes, emergency services team where communication literally saves lives. When I ran a workshop for one of these teams in Sydney, we discovered something shocking—30% of their conversations were completely unnecessary. Emails sent and ignored. Face-to-face commitments forgotten. Endless follow-ups piling onto an already heavy mental load. Sound familiar?

If you're drowning in repeated conversations, chasing responses, and carrying more than your share of the load, this episode is your game-changer. I'm breaking down six powerful communication strategies that will help you cut through the noise, clarify commitments, and lighten your mental load—without the stress and second-guessing.

🚀 Ready to lead with clarity and ease? Press play and let's fix this!

✨ Ready for the balanced, high-performing version of you?

🌿 Join The Balance Project
Your $25/month Netflix-style hub for thriving work-life balance, with live coaching, in-person Balance Walks, and practical game changers you can use straight away. balancewon.com 

📚 Buy the Books
Including Cath's The Did Great Habit: BOOKSTORE

🎧 Hit Subscribe! 
 to never miss a new episode 

💡Follow on Instagram
 @thegoddessofbalance  

👋🏻Connect on LinkedIn 
linkedin.com/in/nolancatherine

💖 Facebook Friend 
 @catherine.nolan.coach

📺 Watch on YouTube 
@cathnolancoach 

🎙️ About The Goddess of Balance Podcast
Hosted by Catherine Nolan — five-time #1 bestselling author, multi-award-winning leadership and performance coach — this podcast explores how to build real balance: the kind that fuels peak performance at work and peace at home. Because balance is doing what matters brilliantly, and resting just as well.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us!

Are you carrying a story that says you can't have balance?

You've pushed really hard, to make balance work.
Blocked the time. Started the brave conversations.
You know balance matters — but it still slips through your fingers.

In this solo episode, we're going deeper than your to-do list, to the stories underneath. The quiet beliefs that whisper you're only worthy when you're useful. The identity-level rules you didn't choose, but inherited.

If you've ever felt guilty for resting…
If you've ever planned your hair wash days around being "presentable enough"…
If being needed still feels safer than being seen…

This one's for you.

Your lack of balance is not a time issue. It's a story issue.
And once you see it — you won't unsee it.

Much love,

Cath x

And the resource I talk about- the masterclass full of answers... you'll find it here: 

https://mailchi.mp/cathnolan.com/mindset-gift

✨ Ready for the balanced, high-performing version of you?

🌿 Join The Balance Project
Your $25/month Netflix-style hub for thriving work-life balance, with live coaching, in-person Balance Walks, and practical game changers you can use straight away. balancewon.com 

📚 Buy the Books
Including Cath's The Did Great Habit: BOOKSTORE

🎧 Hit Subscribe! 
 to never miss a new episode 

💡Follow on Instagram
 @thegoddessofbalance  

👋🏻Connect on LinkedIn 
linkedin.com/in/nolancatherine

💖 Facebook Friend 
 @catherine.nolan.coach

📺 Watch on YouTube 
@cathnolancoach 

🎙️ About The Goddess of Balance Podcast
Hosted by Catherine Nolan — five-time #1 bestselling author, multi-award-winning leadership and performance coach — this podcast explores how to build real balance: the kind that fuels peak performance at work and peace at home. Because balance is doing what matters brilliantly, and resting just as well.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us!

Ever feel like no matter how much you try to move forward, stress and worries just keep nipping at your heels? Like negativity you thought you'd left behind somehow catches up to bite you again? You're not alone.

Today we're diving into the intense pull of worries, how our brains are wired to focus on the negative (hello, negativity bias), and—more importantly—how to break free. I'll walk you through four powerful, neuroscience-backed strategies to shift your mindset, calm your nervous system, and restore your balance when life feels overwhelming:

✨ Curiosity – The secret weapon against stress and fear
🤲 Parenting Yourself Through Fear – How self-compassion rewires your brain
🧠 Reframing Negativity Bias – My go-to strategy for shifting focus (and it works!)
🌿 Nature Immersion – The fastest way to quiet your mind and reset

And my final challenge to you? Do the thing that feeds your soul. Not tomorrow. Not "when things calm down." Now.

Tune in for a short but powerful episode designed to help you stop running from stress and start reclaiming your peace—right now.

Muc love,

Cath

✨ Ready for the balanced, high-performing version of you?

🌿 Join The Balance Project
Your $25/month Netflix-style hub for thriving work-life balance, with live coaching, in-person Balance Walks, and practical game changers you can use straight away. balancewon.com 

📚 Buy the Books
Including Cath's The Did Great Habit: BOOKSTORE

🎧 Hit Subscribe! 
 to never miss a new episode 

💡Follow on Instagram
 @thegoddessofbalance  

👋🏻Connect on LinkedIn 
linkedin.com/in/nolancatherine

💖 Facebook Friend 
 @catherine.nolan.coach

📺 Watch on YouTube 
@cathnolancoach 

🎙️ About The Goddess of Balance Podcast
Hosted by Catherine Nolan — five-time #1 bestselling author, multi-award-winning leadership and performance coach — this podcast explores how to build real balance: the kind that fuels peak performance at work and peace at home. Because balance is doing what matters brilliantly, and resting just as well.

Thanks for sharing the journey with us!

Awwwww, this is EPISODE 50!!!!

We're getting personal about the times I wasn't the loudest, most demanding person in the room and the price I paid. But in truth: you don't have to be pushy or blend in to get noticed or rewarded. 

So, I break down the key strategies for how polite and values-driven people can leverage their unique strengths to stay on the radar, get the recognition they deserve, and ultimately succeed.

I'll share practical tips you can apply today to:

• Build a consistent presence without compromising your authenticity

• Use validation as a tool for personal resilience and strategic success

• Elevate your visibility through smart networking, storytelling, and positioning

• Plus, hear real-world examples of individuals who've managed to stand out without ever raising their voice.

Tune in to discover how politeness is your power – if you know how to use it!

Much love,

Cath x

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