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In this episode, Meg and Jill explore ideal week schedules and time blocking, not as rigid productivity control, but as a way to preserve energy, reduce mental load, and create freedom in both work and life.

What begins as a practical conversation about scheduling unfolds into a deeper discussion about nervous system regulation, presence, creative flow, and the invisible weight of unclosed mental loops. They challenge the idea that structure limits creativity and instead offer structure as an act of self care and future self support.

Using the metaphor of budgeting, they explain how intentionally assigning time creates clarity, energetic boundaries, and space to actually live your life, rather than constantly reacting to it.

We explore:

• Time blocking as an energy budget rather than a productivity hack

• Why resistance to structure is often fear of losing autonomy

• How unclosed loops create somatic heaviness and burnout

• The importance of buffer time to synthesize and complete work

• Why back to back meetings drain more than we realize

• How structure can actually increase creativity and freedom

• The concept of designing an ideal week instead of chasing perfection

• Prioritizing non negotiables like rest, movement, and family time

• How energetic boundaries help separate work and personal roles

• Capturing creative ideas without letting them derail focus

• Why your previous self supporting your future self changes everything

• How intentional scheduling restores presence and reduces anxiety

This episode is grounding, practical, and especially supportive for entrepreneurs, creatives, leaders, and parents who feel overwhelmed, scattered, or run by their calendars instead of supported by them.

Powerful Quotes from This Episode

“Structure is not about control. It is about conserving energy.”

“Your previous self is giving your future self a gift.”

“When you do not close the loop, your body carries the weight.”

“Back to back meetings leave no room for synthesis.”

“Structure does not kill creativity. It protects it.”

“You are either running your life, or your life is running you.”

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Meg’s Offerings

1. Heart Math BioFeedback Device:

In this episode, Meg and Jill explore the crucial distinction between empathy and compassion, especially in leadership and workplace dynamics. What many consider a strength can quietly lead to burnout, resentment, and disempowerment when left unchecked.

They unpack how empathy saturates the nervous system, while compassion creates clarity, boundaries, and true support. This conversation is especially relevant for leaders, managers, caregivers, and recovering people-pleasers.

They explore:

• Why empathy and compassion are not interchangeable

• How empathy leads to emotional saturation

• Compassion as care without carrying

• The difference between caregiving and caretaking

• How empathy can unintentionally disempower others

• Compassion as an empowerment tool

• Supporting employees without absorbing their struggles

• Asking better questions instead of making assumptions

• Leadership through belief and trust

• When empathy is appropriate and when it is not

• The tarp versus sponge metaphor

• Nervous system protection for leaders

• Sustainable emotional presence at work

This episode is practical, timely, and deeply supportive for anyone building teams or holding emotional space for others.

“Empathy is feeling with someone. Compassion is caring for them.”

“When you take it all on, you leave nothing for yourself.”

“Caretaking disempowers. Caregiving supports.”

“You can hold space without carrying weight.”

“Ask what they need instead of assuming.”

“Be a tarp, not a sponge.”

“Compassion protects everyone involved.”

Your reflections and lived experiences mean so much to us.

If this episode resonates, please share it, leave a review, or reach out.

Connect with Jillian

Website: https://trellissuite.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillian-pezet-trellis/

Email: jillianp@trellissuite.com

Connect with Meg

Website: www.profoundwellness.net

Email: meg@profoundwellness.net

Facebook: facebook.com/megan.fikse

Instagram: instagram.com/m.laidlaw

Resources Mentioned

1. Heart Math BioFeedback Device:
2. https://www.heartmath.com/coachmeg
3. Self Mastery Program:

In this episode, Meg and Jill unpack two very different engines that drive productivity: fear and flow. While both can produce results, only one creates sustainability, fulfillment, and peace.

They reflect on hustle culture, nervous system conditioning, and the hidden cost of fear based success. Through personal stories, coaching insights, and real world business examples, they explore how productivity shifts when trust replaces urgency.

They explore:

• The difference between fear driven productivity and flow based productivity

• How hustle culture conditions the nervous system

• Physical symptoms of fear based work

• Why fear fueled success never feels like arrival

• Awareness as the first step to change

• The role of self judgment in keeping fear alive

• Non judgment as a bridge to empowerment

• Why conditional happiness never works

• Flow as a spiritual and creative experience

• How flow multiplies output with less effort

• Recognizing personal flow patterns

• Rituals that reliably activate flow

• Why presence with family fuels creativity

• How to build sustainable productivity practices

• Letting go of guilt around ease

This episode is clarifying and expansive. It is especially powerful for founders, leaders, creatives, and anyone questioning hustle as the price of success.

“Fear can get you there, but you will still be living in fear once you arrive.”

“Self judgment is fear in disguise.”

“When I slowed down, everything started working better.”

“Flow feels like magic because you are aligned.”

“You do not arrive at peace by delaying it.”

“The journey can be what you are chasing.”

“Flow is available more often than we think.”

Your reflections and lived experiences mean so much to us.

If this episode resonates, please share it, leave a review, or reach out.

Connect with Jillian

Website: https://trellissuite.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillian-pezet-trellis/

Email: jillianp@trellissuite.com

Connect with Meg

Website: www.profoundwellness.net

Email: meg@profoundwellness.net

Facebook: facebook.com/megan.fikse

Instagram: instagram.com/m.laidlaw

Resources Mentioned

1. Heart Math BioFeedback Device:
2. https://www.heartmath.com/coachmeg
3. Self Mastery Program:
4. https://www.profoundwellness.net/self-mastery-program
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