Calendar Cleanse: How to Reclaim Your Time, Set Boundaries, and Stop Overcommitting with Melissa Crook

In this solo episode of The FEEL Podcast, Melissa Crook introduces The Calendar Cleanse, a powerful and practical reset designed to help you reclaim your time, realign your priorities, and stop living in a constant state of overcommitment.

As the year gets underway, many of us start with good intentions like setting goals, creating routines, and imagining a more balanced life only to find that real life quickly takes over. Unexpected responsibilities, work demands, family needs, and emotional labor can quietly fill our calendars until we’re exhausted, stretched thin, and disconnected from ourselves.

The Calendar Cleanse is more than time management—it’s an act of self-respect. Melissa walks listeners through how your calendar reflects your boundaries, values, and relationship with yourself. This episode helps you identify where you’re overgiving, spot “hidden no’s” disguised as yeses, and begin intentionally designing a schedule that actually supports your nervous system, energy, and well-being.

You’ll learn how to gently but confidently remove commitments that no longer fit, why you don’t need to replace every removed obligation with something else, and how creating white space allows for rest, nourishment, and presence. Melissa also revisits powerful foundational practices such as clarifying how you want to feel, identifying what nourishes you, and honoring your worth when making decisions.

This episode is especially supportive for ambitious women who struggle with people-pleasing, guilt, and fear of disappointing others, and who want to show up more fully resourced in their work, relationships, and daily lives.

 In this episode, you’ll learn how to:

• Use a calendar cleanse to reduce overwhelm and burnout

• Align your schedule with your values and energy

• Spot overcommitment and release guilt around saying no

• Practice the 24-hour pause before saying yes

• Create space for rest, nourishment, and clarity

• Build healthier boundaries through your calendar

• Design a life that feels intentional, present, and sustainable

Melissa also shares how listeners can go deeper through the Calendar Cleanse online course or one-on-one support.

 Learn more and explore resources at embracinglayers.com

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Keywords for this episode:

• calendar cleanse

• time management for women

• overcommitment recovery

• burnout prevention strategies

• aligning your schedule with values

• energy and time management

• how to stop overcommitting

• people pleasing and boundaries

• self-worth and time

• intentional living practices

• healthy boundaries at work and home

• life alignment coaching

• stress reduction tools

• nervous system regulation

• reclaiming your time

• self-care through scheduling

• emotional burnout recovery