959 | No More Doing - What Word Are You Releasing This Year?

In this episode, Marsha invites listeners to question one of the most normalized words in entrepreneurship and personal growth: doing. As the year unfolds differently than expected, she shares how shifting from goal chasing to identity work has revealed a deeper pattern of pushing, proving, and over-efforting that many high performers unknowingly live inside.

Through personal stories, nervous system awareness, and powerful metaphors, Marsha explores how constant “doing” keeps us locked in sympathetic survival mode, and why pausing, allowing, and receiving are not signs of weakness but essential components of sustainable growth. She reframes success through the lens of capacity, regulation, and support, offering a new vision of leadership where rest is not earned but required.

This episode is a permission slip to slow down, clean up the language you use with yourself, and build a life and business that supports your health, relationships, and long-term vision.

Highlights

[01:10] Why this year feels different and the shift from goal setting to identity work

[02:00] Bringing structured support into the business and noticing the foundation gaps

[02:47] What happens when someone finally tells you “something has to come off your calendar”

[03:26] The realization that the word “doing” was quietly driving pressure and burnout

[03:57] How language subconsciously signals pushing, proving, and never being enough

[05:08] The underdog narrative and why “push harder” stories wire us for overdrive

[06:22] Committing to recovery as deeply as commitment to hustle

[07:28] Reframing success as building capacity, not grinding harder

[08:36] Catching the word that activates your sympathetic nervous system

[09:43] Proof that pausing, receiving, and support can still create massive results

Marsha Vanwynsberghe — NLP Storytelling Trainer, OUTSPOKEN NLP Coaching Certification, Author, Speaker, and Podcaster

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