Medium Lady Talks: Burnout Recovery for Millennials and Mothers – Details, episodes & analysis

Hello, hi and welcome to the final episode of Medium Lady Talks for 2024! As we look ahead to 2025, I’m sharing a new and impactful approach to guide your personal growth: choosing a need of the year instead of a word of the year.

In this episode, I explore why focusing on your needs can help you take more intentional and meaningful action to support your emotional and mental well-being. Plus, we’re spinning the “Wheel of Needs” to dive into four powerful areas: Honesty, Purpose, Stability and Hope. I also introduce the importance of joy and contribution as essential needs that recharge our emotional batteries and remind us of our capacity to make an impact.

Episode Summary:

In this episode, you’ll learn: - Why "words of the year" often fall short and how needs provide a more actionable focus. - How to identify your own need for 2025—and how to start meeting it. - Ways to bring lightness, fun, and meaning into your year through play and small contributions.

By the end of this episode, you’ll feel equipped and inspired to choose a guiding need for 2025 that aligns with your values and supports your well-being.

 

Other Episodes you might like:

Episode 124: Reclaiming Fun - Dozens of Free Ways to Enjoy Yourself (with Insight From the Medium Kids!) 

Episode 120: 9 Small Things My Husband Never Feels Guilty About with guest Handsome Face

Episode 117: Medium Effort Advice: Help, I’m doing too much, and none of it well!

Medium Lady Reads Episode 33- Cozy Christmas Reads 2024

Connect with Erin:

• Instagram: @medium.lady
• Email: mediumladytalks@gmail.com 
• Explore more book-related content on "Medium Lady Reads." - link to Spotify
• Instagram: @mediumladyreads

Hello hi!

The holiday season can be magical, but let’s face it—it can also be overwhelming! In this episode, I’m sharing the five (and a half!) things that are helping me feel like myself and move through the busiest time of year as mindfully as possible. From favourite apps and comforting habits to traditions that warm my heart, these small joys are saving my season.

I’ll also share a wildcard favourite that surprised me, plus one thing that’s definitely not saving my season (hint: it involves a certain trendy food). Stick around for an exciting invitation to join the next chapter of the Medium Lady community in 2025.

So grab your cozy drink, take a deep breath, and let’s list out the things that are bringing simple joy and balance this holiday season.

What’s in This Episode?

🌟 The Five Things Saving My Season:

1. Goodreads + My Reading Tracker: Reflecting on 150 books in 2024 and how reading keeps me grounded.
2. The Opal App: Blocking distractions so I can stay present.
3. Our Christmas Tree Ornament Collection: The sentimental story behind our 18-year tradition.
4. My Sherpa Fleece Zip Sweater: A cozy, go-to uniform for busy days.
5. Running and the Santa Run 5K: How returning to running has helped me reconnect with myself.

🎁 Wildcard Favorite: A festive treat (literally or figuratively) that’s bringing unexpected joy.

😅 What’s Not Saving My Season: A lighthearted look at the holiday mishap we all know too well.

💭 Mindful Moment Activity: Take a pause to reflect on what’s saving your season.

📣 Call to Action: Learn more about the exciting Patreon community launching in 2025, inspired by my monthly planning ritual.

Links and Resources Mentioned:

• Goodreads: Track your reading here
• Opal App: Find it here

Connect with Erin:

• Instagram: @medium.lady
• Email: mediumladytalks@gmail.com 
• Explore more book-related content on "Medium Lady Reads." - link to Spotify
• Instagram: @mediumladyreads ✨ Join the Medium Lady community: Patreon Launching in 2025 Link coming soon!

Episodes you might like:

Episode 120: 9 Small Things My Husband Never Feels Guilty About with guest Handsome Face

Episode 121: Mindful Content Creators and the Quest to Curate a Perfect Childhood with guest Stephanie Cunningham

Episode 124: Reclaiming Fun - Dozens of Free Ways to Enjoy Yourself (with insight from the Medium Kids!)

If you loved this episode, let me know what’s saving your season by tagging me on Instagram or leaving a review. Sharing your favourites makes this community so much brighter!

Happy holidays, friends. Let’s keep moving forward into the new year, with medium effort and mindful fun.

Hello, hi! Today's episodes is one of my personal favourites from the Medium Lady Talks archives, and very relevant given my recent bout with a nasty cold this last week! I'm just making an educated guess that you or someone in your household has been sick the last few weeks!

I love this episode because I made it while completely embracing how imperfect I felt while recording it waaaay back in 2022. I had a lot of doubts "why am I talking about being sick?" "will this even resonate with anyone?" but it turns out this episode is one I still get lots of great feedback on and when I relistened to it myself, I'm grateful for the advice past me shared. I hope you enjoy today's episode if you've never heard it and can think of your own ways to take care while sick.

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Hello, hi! Welcome to Season 2 of Medium Lady Talks! 

This week's episode talks about something most of us are familiar with at this point of 2022, getting sick. This episode covers my reflections on being sick in early January and what I've learned about how to take care when feeling the effects of illness. 

While this episode specifically covers "cold season" type illness, with symptoms that resolve and improve - I would invite anyone with experience with chronic illness or recurrent illness to connect on Instagram @medium.lady. This episode focuses on my own personal experience and invites you to reflect on yours, its not designed to be prescriptive or all-encompassing. If these tips help you, that's great! 

Here are the tips in the episode:

1. Sick doesn't equal Sad

2. Sick doesn't move in a straight line

3. Stay still when you're sick

4. You have the time to be sick

 

You can always help out the podcast by providing a rating or review, and sharing it with another Medium Lady in your life! Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss when the new episodes drop. I love to connect with listeners, you can swing by to say hi on Instagram, @medium.lady

 

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Hello, hi! Today's episode features  part two of my conversation with money educator Lianne Hannaway.  Our conversation today will talk all about financial self care and how to stack your hard earned money into caring for your needs and for your loves. We also talk about your time, and how recognizing the value of your time will affect how you spend it.

Lianne is a Chartered Professional Accountant, an experienced financial executive, an investor and the founder of Wealthnuvo @wealthnuvo. Lianne is also the creator and host of the incredible financial podcast, "No Boss of Me."  Lianne helps professional women learn to grow and invest their money with confidence so they can be financially savvy, build generational wealth and live the life they love.

You can always help out the podcast by providing a rating or review, and sharing it with another Medium Lady in your life! Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss when the new episodes drop, especially part two of this conversation. I love to connect with listeners, you can swing by to say hi on Instagram, @medium.lady

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Hello, hi! Today's episode features the intelligent and inspiring money educator Lianne Hannaway. Lianne is a Chartered Professional Accountant, an experienced financial executive, an investor and the founder of Wealthnuvo @wealthnuvo. Lianne is also the creator and host of the incredible financial podcast, "No Boss of Me."  Lianne helps professional women learn to grow and invest their money with confidence so they can be financially savvy, build generational wealth and live the life they love.

Our conversation today will talk all about listening to the voice ofd entrepreneurship within you, navigating spaces that are typically designed for cis, white, men to thrive and why women are conditioned to be so darn risk aware. I know you'll be thinking about this episode for a long time just like I am!

You can always help out the podcast by providing a rating or review, and sharing it with another Medium Lady in your life! Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss when the new episodes drop, especially part two of this conversation. I love to connect with listeners, you can swing by to say hi on Instagram, @medium.lady

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Hello, hi! Today's episode features recurring guest, Nick, my partner and husband who I also lovingly call Handsome Face. We talk about our  three kids (under ten!) and reflect on the ages and stages that they're at and how different they are. We talk a bit about how we're getting to know them and what we struggle with as they all change at lightning speed! 

*please note that this episode also discusses a bit of our own holiday traditions, including Santa, so if you tend to listen with little kids around, you might want to put this one on your earbuds, or save for another time*

You can always help out the podcast by providing a rating or review, and sharing it with another Medium Lady in your life! Wherever you're listening make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss when the new episodes drop. I love to connect with listeners, you can swing by to say hi on Instagram, @medium.lady and you can find the pink tile on my feed to talk about today's episode.

 

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Hello, hi! It's a super Medium Lady Milestone! Episode 50!

Today's episode is a personal one to me,  I will share more about my experience with postpartum depression and how it led me on a path of self discovery. I'll take a deep dive into my personal philosophy of "Medium Effort and Mindful Fun" and where they came from and how the thinking evolved over time. 

I hope this episode invites you to think about how medium effort and mindful fun can transform your own life. You are a wonderful, worthy human-being and we all deserve to set the boundaries to live our own lives to their fullest.

You can always help out the podcast by providing a rating or review, and sharing it with another Medium Lady in your life! Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss when the new episodes drop. I love to connect with listeners, you can swing by to say hi on Instagram, @medium.lady it's a wonderful community of like-minded listeners there!

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Hello, hi! Today's episodes is one of my personal favourites from the Medium Lady Talks archives, an interview with my best friend Emily Gibson. 

I love this episode for many reasons, the first being that I love Emily! This interview was the first one I did that wasn't with my mom, haha, and introduced me to just how much I enjoyed the interview process and the final result. I hope you enjoy today's episode if you've never heard it and can think of your own ways to lower your personal bar in order to embrace medium effort and mindful fun in your own life.

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Hello, hi! I'm thrilled to introduce you to my BFF Emily, who joins me for today's episode on Lowering the bar. Emily and I break down our thoughts on lowering the bar in a few specific ways: WHAT IT USED TO MEAN: Pre pannini "lowering the bar" meant something a little different than it does to us today, and it means different things for Emily than it means for Erin. LOWERING THE BAR AS SELF_COMPASSION: Erin and Emily discuss lowering the bar as a mental health strategy when they experience depression or anxiety. And lowering the bar as a way to take a step back from what induces overwhelm to re-orient to what is really helping our wellbeing HOW WE'RE LOWING THE BAR TODAY: In an effort to be a bit more practical, Erin and Emily discuss two areas of their respective lives where they are actively choosing to lower the bar.   I hope this episode helps you sort out ways to proactively lower the bar in your own life as a way to experience more grace and less criticism. As always I would love to connect with you on Instagram, I can be found @medium.lady   Music is Climb by The Ghost in the Piano, it is used with creative commons license, and my thanks for it availability for use on my podcast.

Hello, hi! Today's episode is part two of my conversation with Dr. Siobhan France from episode 48. Siobhan and I pivot from talking about focus and feelings to the subject of energy, effort and connection. We have a slight tangent to the subject of parenting and how we can be more open to sharing routines without rigidity and using solitude as a pathway to more connection with our loved ones.

I hope you enjoy the second part of this conversation. I continue to reflect on and grow from everything Siobhan has taught me. Wherever you are think of the connections and friendships with others that showed up where you least expected it!

Dr. Siobhan France of emboldensoul.com, is an experienced healthcare provider, and has had a physiotherapy practice for the last 10 years. And while she found herself burning out through hustling for success she yearned for more - which led to her thriving career helping empathetic and highly sensitive entrepreneurs. 

If you have feedback about today’s conversation with Siobhan, you can head to Instagram and find the the pink tile in my feed for the latest episode @medium.lady. Siobhan can be found online at emboldensoul.com or on YouTube as Dr. Siobhan France, as well as @drsiobhanfrance on Instagram.

You can always help out the podcast by providing a rating or review, and sharing it with another Medium Lady in your life! Links within this description may be Amazon affiliated, which also gives the podcast a teeny tiny bit of financial help. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss when the new episodes drop. I love to connect with listeners, you can swing by to say hi on Instagram, @medium.lady

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Hello,  hi! Today's conversation is with Dr. Siobhan France of emboldensoul.com. Siobhan is an experienced healthcare provider, and has had a physiotherapy practice for the last 10 years. And while she found herself burning out through hustling for success she yearned for more - which led to her thriving career helping empathetic and highly sensitive entrepreneurs. She's going to talk us through mastering ourselves and embodying who you are to build more of the place in the world that is made for you. Listen on if you're ready to stop finding meaning and validation from the feelings from others and turning inward to reconcile what you want with what you have...hint: the gap is much smaller than you think!

If you have feedback about today’s conversation with Siobhan, you can head to Instagram and find the the pink tile in my feed for the latest episode @medium.lady. Siobhan can be found online at emboldensoul.com or on YouTube as Dr. Siobhan France, as well as @drsiobhanfrance on Instagram.

You can always help out the podcast by providing a rating or review, and sharing it with another Medium Lady in your life! Links within this description may be Amazon affiliated, which also gives the podcast a teeny tiny bit of financial help. Make sure you're subscribed so you don't miss when the new episodes drop. I love to connect with listeners, you can swing by to say hi on Instagram, @medium.lady

Music is Climb by The Ghost in Your Piano. I'm grateful for its use via creative commons license.