212. Beyond the Productivity Trap

Do you ever feel like you’re just checking things off a list instead of truly living? That might be a sign you’re caught in the productivity trap–the constant cycle of achievement without connection that only leads to burnout.

When you think about checking boxes and meeting goals, do you feel the exhaustion mixed with that spark of excitement? As achievers and ambitious souls, we can bring meaning and creativity to our goals, but that same drive can easily turn into an addiction to achievement. In this episode, I share a nuanced view of productivity and how to understand that achievement isn’t strictly good or bad. You can continue to achieve and be productive from a place of healthiness and wholeness, rather than exhaustion and that emptiness.

Escaping the productivity trap isn’t about doing less. It’s about doing from a different state. Maybe a shorter task list is part of the solution, but true life alignment happens when your actions come from creativity and growth. Healthy productivity means shifting from a hustle-driven, adrenaline-fed way of producing to a more aligned, grounded, and truly fulfilling way of creating results.

So ask yourself: What will be different when you can be more connected with who you are and your values? When your actions are guided by meaning, creativity, and the expansion of self, you become a stronger, brighter presence in the world.

What you’ll learn

• How to celebrate your achievement instead of constantly chasing more
• A personal story about how my addiction to achievement began alongside my desire for more
• How to recognize when your success starts to define your worth
• The biological reason behind why we get stuck in the productivity trap
• How self-connection and life alignment help you guide your actions with meaning rather than pressure

Join me on October 30th, 2025 for a live workshop on the productivity trap. If you feel burned out and exhausted, like you’re always doing but it’s never enough, or that something is missing and you're not in alignment, this is for you. I can’t wait to see you there!

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