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Sound Insight

Sound Insight

By: Cathy Jacob
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 Welcome to Sound Insight, the podcast that explores our complex relationship with work and life. I’m your host, Cathy Jacob. For 20 years, I’ve coached executives, professionals, entrepreneurs, and creators to do the work they love without sacrificing the rest of their lives in the process. For inspiration in an earbud, each episode will challenge your thinking, expand your perspective and offer practical strategies to take you from tired to inspired. For a written adaptation of each episode, visit my blog at cathyjacob.com/blog. You’ll find a transcript of the episode plus more articles, recommendations, and practices on the topics I cover here. Career Success Economics Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • An Antidote to Tsunami September

    An Antidote to Tsunami September
    Sep 14 2025

    Does your September arrives with a wall of new routines, obligations, and deadlines? After a slow, lazy summer, September can feel like standing on the beach trying to stare down an approaching tsunami.

    In this episode, I offer an alternative to the typical angst inducing, adrenaline pumping hard reboot. Maybe it's time to try something new.

    Looking for more? Consider pairing this podcast with a free or paid subscription to my newsletter, The Slow Sip.

    By becoming a subscriber, you’ll get transcripts of each episode, access to my archives, plus tips, practices and special subscriber-only offerings delivered directly to your inbox.
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    8 mins
  • The Gnarly Problem of Trying to do Too Much

    The Gnarly Problem of Trying to do Too Much
    Jun 5 2025

    Confessions from over-eating at the buffet of life.

    Do you have a habit of taking on too much? Have you tried all the standard advice about priorities and saying no, but still find yourself rushed and overcommitted?

    There may be more going on in your complex and beautiful mind than you realize.

    In this episode, I explore why we (or maybe it's just me) repeatedly sabotage our efforts for a more spacious, creative, savor-worthy life with this compulsion to keep doing more. And the most powerful weapon you have for breaking this habit for good.

    Looking for more? Consider pairing this podcast with a free or paid subscription to my newsletter, The Slow Sip.

    By becoming a subscriber, you’ll get transcripts of each episode, access to my archives, plus tips, practices and special subscriber-only offerings delivered directly to your inbox.

    Links to people and resources referenced in this episode:

    Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown.

    The 5 Agonies of Ambitious Multipotentialites by Jennie O'Connor
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    15 mins
  • How to Keep the Chaos from Messing with Your Head.

    How to Keep the Chaos from Messing with Your Head.
    Mar 7 2025

    The Inner Work of Greater Peace

    How can we protect our mental and emotional well-being in an environment that is becoming increasingly toxic?

    Are we all at the mercy of our circumstances and our environment? Or can we control our emotional state to reduce our suffering and the suffering in the world?

    I've learned in my coaching practice and in life that the truth is more nuanced and complex than either of those questions suggests.

    Join me for this episode as I explore, the inner work of greater peace.
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    12 mins
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