Trying Hard and Getting Nowhere - Why you feel burnt out when you are doing less

Have you ever felt completely exhausted… not because you were doing too much, but because it felt like all your effort wasn’t leading anywhere?

In this episode of More Life, Less Drama, I explore a different perspective on burnout and why emotional exhaustion often comes from trying hard without seeing progress, validation or results.

This episode dives into:
• why burnout is not always about workload
• the emotional impact of feeling stuck or unseen
• how lack of progress affects motivation and confidence
• the difference between physical exhaustion and emotional burnout
• what this can look like in business, careers, health and everyday life
• why small, repeated actions matter more than dramatic change
• how to stop making slow progress mean failure

I also share personal reflections from building businesses, running a sewing club, navigating online business and content creation, and the emotional toll of trying hard in silence.

If you’ve been questioning yourself lately, feeling disconnected from your work, or wondering why things feel heavier than they used to, this episode will help you understand what may really be going on beneath the surface.

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Why You Go Quiet in Certain Conversations And What to Do About It

Have you ever noticed that you’re completely yourself in some conversations… and then suddenly quiet, surface-level or disconnected in others?

In this episode, Iexplore:
• Why we filter ourselves in certain conversations
• The confidence behind speaking up
• Why some environments feel draining
• How past experiences shape the way we communicate
• Learning to share your thoughts without overthinking the response

This episode is about recognising where you hold yourself back and learning to feel more comfortable being yourself in any room.

Homework
• Notice where you filter yourself
• Share one thought you’d normally keep to yourself
• Pay attention to what you make the response mean about you
• Spend time understanding what you’d like to talk about

If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who might need it too.

If you are ready for Coaching, the first step is a Free conversation.

Book here;
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Contact
Website: www.pruesulicich.com.au
Email: hello@pruesulicich.com.au
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Why you spiral after conflict even when nothing is wrong

This episode covers why you spiral after emotional moments with others, what drives that response, and how to change it.

What’s inside this episode:
Why you instantly make someone else’s emotions about you
The real reason people-pleasing feels so urgent
What’s happening in your nervous system in those moments
Why you stay stuck in the spiral long after it’s over
The hidden cost of this pattern on your time, energy, and focus
How to pause instead of reacting
Simple ways to support yourself in the moment
Why doing the work outside the moment is the real shift

Key takeaway:
You don’t need to stop your emotions.
You just need to stop adding extra drama to them.

Homework:
When you’re feeling calm and grounded, take a few minutes to think about this:
- Who do I want to be when this happens?
- What do I usually do that I don’t want to keep doing?
- What would I do instead?
- What’s one sentence I can remind myself of at that moment?
- Write it down so it’s there when you need it.

Work with me:
If you’re ready to stop reacting like this and start feeling more calm, steady, and in control of yourself, this is exactly the work I do in one-on-one coaching.
You don’t need more awareness. You need support to actually change how you show up in real moments.

You can book a call with me via the link below.
https://calendar.app.google/FT7dn6K9KFKWCAKi9

Contact:
Website: www.pruesulicich.com.au
Email: hello@pruesulicich.com.au
Instagram: @prue_sulicich

Stop Waiting to Feel Ready Start Your Business Now

So many women are sitting on business ideas they can’t seem to move forward.

This episode breaks down what’s really going on when you keep putting your business idea on the shelf, even when you think about it all the time. It’s not a time problemand tt’s not a strategy problem.
Inside this conversation, wI talk about why waiting to feel ready is keeping you stuck, how fear, doubt and identity play a role, and what actually creates confidence in business (hint: it’s not more thinking).
This is about becoming someone who follows through — even when it feels uncomfortable.

What You’ll Take Away
Why “not enough time” usually isn’t the real issue
How self-trust (not strategy) is the foundation of business growth
The hidden fear of success and how it shows up
Why confidence only comes after you take action
The difference between “safe tasks” and real business growth
How to identify the one thing that will actually move your business forward

Homework
Take a minute and answer these honestly:
What is one thing you know would actually move your business forward?
What would it look like to do that before you feel ready?
Where are you keeping yourself busy instead of taking real action?
Keep it simple.
One step. Then follow through.


If you’re ready to stop overthinking and start doing, there’s a free session available:
Finish What Actually Grows Your Business
This session will help strip everything back and focus on what actually matters and how to follow through on it.
Sign up and access the replay below:
https://pruesulicich.ac-page.com/webinar-replay

Connect with Prue
Website: https://pruesulicich.com.au/
Email: hello@pruesulicich.com.au
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prue_sulicich/

Business Without the Money Pressure

This episode explores why business has become so serious and how focusing only on money might be the exact thing holding people back from starting, continuing, or enjoying what they’re building.

There’s a strong pull online toward fast results, revenue goals, and constant growth, but that pressure often creates tension, overthinking, and disconnection from the actual work.

Instead, this conversation brings it back to basics: business as experimentation, curiosity, and movement.

Not ignoring money, but not letting it control every decision, especially in the early stages.

The key shift is simple…stop asking “Will this make money?” and start asking “Am I willing to do this long enough to find out?”

Because the people who build something meaningful aren’t the ones who waited to get it right, they’re the ones who kept moving, testing, and adjusting along the way.

Optional Homework:
Take a few minutes with these:
1. If money wasn’t part of the equation right now… what would you be doing?
2. What would you try, test, or explore just out of curiosity?
3. Are you building something you actually want to be doing in 5 years?
4. Are you avoiding action because you’re trying to “get it right”?

Then choose one small action you’d take if the pressure was removed and do that.

If this way of thinking resonates, the next step is simple, get around more of it.

Join the free webinar:
Finish What Actually Grows Your Business (April 8th 7 PM AEST)
https://webinar.pruesulicich.com.au/april2026

This is where you’ll take these ideas and actually apply them so you can stop starting and stopping and start building something that works and feels good.

Contact:
Website: https://webinar.pruesulicich.com.au/april2026
Email: hello@pruesulicich.com.au
Instagram: @prue_sulicich

Whose Opinion Are You Living By

This episode explores the subtle way we let other people’s opinions shape our decisions… without even realising it.

This conversation is a reminder that experience matters.
You’ve lived, learned, and handled more than you give yourself credit for.
And at some point, you have to stop looking sideways for approval…
and start backing yourself.
Because when you shape your life around what others think is “right”…
you don’t create anything meaningful — you just play it safe.
And safe doesn’t change your life.

Support Follow-up Questions:
For the next week, start noticing where you’re holding yourself back because of someone else’s opinion.

Keep it simple:
Catch it:
“Whose opinion am I thinking about right now?”
Check it:
“Have they actually lived the kind of life I’m trying to create?”
Choose anyway:
Say it, post it, share it, try it — even if it feels uncomfortable.

Do this with awareness, not judgement.

If this episode resonated, share it with someone who needs to hear it.
And if you’re ready to stop overthinking and start following through on what actually matters, come and join me inside The Finishers Club.
This is where you learn how to back yourself, take action, and finish what you start — without the drama.

Stay Connected
If you loved this episode and want more:
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Email: hello@pruesulicich.com.au
Instagram: @prue_sulicich

Chapter Checks The Next Big Thing

Episode 110 – The Chapters of Your Life (and the One You’re About to Write)

Looking back through old photo albums can reveal something surprising: life naturally unfolds in chapters. Some chapters are filled with adventure and discovery, others with responsibility, growth, and building a life for the people we love. The challenge is that while we’re living inside a chapter, we often assume it will stay the same forever.

This episode explores the idea that life is meant to evolve. Through personal reflection sparked by sorting through decades of photos, this conversation looks at how easily people settle into roles, routines, and identities that once made sense but may no longer fit the person they are becoming.
The episode introduces a simple reflective tool called a Chapter Check. It’s a way to pause and ask whether current decisions are being made for the life that exists today, or for the life that is quietly calling next.
Growth does not always require dramatic change. Often it begins with awareness. Recognising the chapter you are in, and giving yourself permission to imagine the next one, can open the door to more freedom, creativity, and enjoyment in life.
Life moves. People grow. And sometimes the most important step is simply acknowledging that a new chapter may be ready to begin.

Homework: Do a “Chapter Check”
Take some time this week to reflect on the different chapters of your life.
You may like to write them down as titles, just like a book.
Examples might look like:
The adventure years
The building years
The young family years
The survival years
The reinvention years

Once you’ve mapped out your chapters, ask yourself a few questions:
1. What chapter of life am I currently in?
Give it a name that honestly reflects this period.

2. Does this chapter still feel alive and expanding?
Or does it feel like it may be coming to a natural close?

3. Is there something quietly calling me into the next chapter?
A new experience, a new direction, or something you’ve been wanting to explore.

4. If I were already living that next chapter, what decisions might I start making differently?

This is the essence of a Chapter Check.
It’s a pause to ensure the decisions you make today support the life you are growing into, not just the life you have been living.

Stay Connected
If this episode resonated with you, you can stay connected here:
Podcast: More Life, Less Drama
Website: www.pruesulicich.com
Instagram:@prue_sulicich

If you’d like deeper support with mindset, follow-through, and creating meaningful change in your life, you can explore The Finishers Club on the website here: https://pruesulicich.com.au/the-finishers-club/

Do you have a negative attitude?

Negativity does not come from circumstances.
It comes from the brain.
This episode explores how subtle, everyday negativity often goes unnoticed because it feels like “being realistic” or “just telling it how it is.”

Many people believe their frustration, disappointment, or resentment is caused by external factors, a partner, a job, a body, a season of life. But the quality of life is shaped far more by attitude than by circumstance.

Attitude is simply a collection of thoughts. Those thoughts create emotional baselines. When negativity runs unchecked, it can quietly become the default setting, influencing relationships, confidence, health, and results.

This episode introduces a simple 24-hour attitude audit:
1. Notice the first thought when something goes wrong.
2. Notice the first thought when someone disagrees.
3. Notice the first thought when looking in the mirror.
4. Notice the first thought when thinking about goals.

Then ask yourself;
Is it generous or harsh?
Curious or judgmental?
Possibility-focused or limiting?

The goal is not forced positivity. It is awareness.

When thoughts are written down, patterns become visible. And once a thought can be seen, it can be questioned, softened, or replaced.
Same circumstances. Different thinking. Completely different experience of life.

Let me know how you go.
Email me prue@pruesulicich.com.au
Listen on the podcast app here;
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/more-life-less-drama/id1686298779?i=1000750619079

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Achieve More by Regulating Your Nervous System

In this episode of the More Life, Less Drama Podcast, I delve into the crucial topic of nervous system regulation and its impact on achieving personal goals.

I share my personal experiences and insights into how stress and the fight-or-flight response can hinder productivity and goal accomplishment.

I offer practical advice on identifying nervous system triggers and introduce meditation and breath work as effective tools for achieving a calmer state. I encourage listeners to observe their reactions, document their findings, and adopt techniques to maintain a balanced nervous system.

This episode is a valuable guide for anyone looking to improve their overall well-being and efficiency in pursuing their dreams.

00:00 Introduction and Purpose
01:48 Understanding the Nervous System
06:25 Personal Experiences and Insights
12:14 Practical Steps for Nervous System Regulation
15:28 Conclusion and Call to Action

References:
Emily Fletcher
https://zivameditation.com/

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Phone: 0421791772
Email: prue@pruesulicich.com.au

Make 2026 the year to be fully yourself.

Becoming Unfiltered: A Fresh start

In this episode, I return after a hiatus to the Life Drama Podcast, sharing a raw and unprepared reflection on the importance of being true to oneself.

Inspired by a recent epiphany, I speak candidly about shedding past personas, embracing imperfections, and pursuing a life that aligns with my true desires.

I also touch upon personal growth, the significance of gut instincts, and the power of authenticity in navigating life's challenges.

Additionally, I share personal anecdotes, including advice given to my daughter and experiences from a recent business retreat, underscoring my ongoing journey of self-discovery and steadfastness.

If you want to keep following along, be sure to subscribe and follow along on social media.

It’s going to be a great year!

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Not All Drama Is Bad: Here’s the Kind You DO Need

If you’re craving a calmer life but keep getting stuck in patterns of overthinking, avoidance, or emotional overwhelm… this episode is for you.
We often hear that drama is something to eliminate, but what if a little drama is exactly what’s needed to grow?

In this episode, you’ll explore the idea that not all discomfort is bad, and how the right kind of drama, the push to show up, try again, or feel something uncomfortable can actually be the thing that moves you forward.
Expect real-life reflections, mindset shifts, and encouragement to stop waiting for things to feel perfect and start showing up as you are.

You don’t need a whole new life. You need small, brave moves done consistently, with less internal chaos and a whole lot more self-trust.

Prefer audio? The 10-minute podcast version is live now on More Life, Less Drama. https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/more-life-less-drama/id1686298779

Want more support to take action?
You’ll find my courses, coaching offers, and downloads here:
👉 https://stan.store/pruesulicich
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Episode 105: Guilt is more exhausting than effort

You’ll learn:
Why rest without peace isn’t rest, it’s self-abandonment
How to spot the energy drain of indecision
What a “dread sprint” is (and why it works)
The power of starting with just one gritty minute
Why your identity, not your schedule is what drives follow-through
Simple thought shifts to rebuild your self-trust

This one is mindset gold. If you’ve ever said, “I don’t have time,” but secretly feel more tired not doing the thing… you’re going to feel seen.

Work with me:
Want help turning guilt into action? Start with The Finishers Club — my self-paced course that helps you build goals that make sense, break them down, and get them done. No fluff. No hustle. Just practical tools and identity-shifting mindset work that actually works.

Join now and you’ll be ready for our next live sprint in October.
👉 Join The Finishers Club Now:
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Referenced in this episode:
This episode includes a concept inspired by Brooke Castillo of The Life Coach School Podcast. You can find her work at https://www.thelifecoachschool.com/podcast/
or by searching The Life Coach School Podcast in your podcast app.

90 Seconds of Discomfort v's A Life You Actually Want

You’re not lazy.
You’re not unmotivated.
And you definitely don’t need another productivity hack that adds to your load.

If you’re struggling to follow through, the real reason might be simpler and deeper than you think:

👉 You’re avoiding an emotion.

In this episode, I break down the truth most people never realise: it’s not the task that’s hard, it’s the feeling it brings up.

And that discomfort? It usually only lasts about 90 seconds.
But most people let it stop them for 90 days… or 90 months.

What We Cover:

- The surprising reason you’re avoiding your goals
- Why emotions, not laziness are the real blocker
- The science behind the 90-second emotional cycle
- How to feel a feeling and still take action
- Why “avoiding discomfort” costs you way more than feeling it ever will


This Is For You If You’ve Ever Said:
“I don’t feel like it.”
“I’ll do it later.”
“I just need to get in the right headspace.”

It’s not about headspace. It’s about learning how to sit with a feeling, and keep moving anyway.

Powerful Thought to Take With You:
“I can feel anything for 90 seconds”


Want Support? I’ve Got Two Ways to Help:

☑️ Ready to start small and finish what you started?
Here is the link to my FREE course, First Step To Success.
👉 Gain Access Immediately here:
https://stan.store/pruesulicich/p/get-unstuck-by-learning-how-to-use-small-steps

🧠 Ready for personalised support?

I currently have limited 1:1 coaching spots available. If you’re ready to actually do the work, not just think about it

👉 Apply for coaching here:
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💬 Got a question you want answered on the podcast?

Whether you’re stuck in a spiral, avoiding a goal, or just want my coaching perspective, I’d love to help.

Email your question to prue@pruesulicich.com.au, and I might answer it in an upcoming episode. (Anonymous is totally fine.)


References:
This episode references the work of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, particularly her explanation of the 90-second emotional cycle, as shared in her book My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey.

Episode 103: You Don’t Need to Fix Yourself to Build a Better Life

Have you ever found yourself doing more personal development… only to feel worse?
You’re journaling, unpacking, “doing the work”—but instead of feeling clearer, you feel stuck in a spiral of self-analysis.
Sound familiar? You’re not alone.
In this episode, I talk about the trap that so many high-achievers fall into: thinking personal growth is about fixing yourself, healing everything, or figuring it all out before you’re allowed to move forward.
But that’s not it.
Personal development is about direction—not perfection.
This one’s real, reflective, and full of clarity if you’ve been spinning in your own mind.


What We Cover:
Why personal growth can feel heavier the more you do it
How “waiting until you’ve healed” can actually keep you stuck
The difference between healing and progressing
Why decisions move you forward faster than insight ever could
What to focus on instead when you’re caught in a fix-it spiral

Key Takeaways:
✅ You are not a project
✅ You don’t need to be fully healed to build something new
✅ Personal growth is meant to support your life, not overtake it
✅ Decisions—not breakthroughs—are what create momentum

Listen To This If You’ve Been Thinking:
“I’ve done so much work on myself… why am I still stuck?”
“There must be something else wrong with me I haven’t uncovered yet.”
“I can’t move forward until I figure this out.”

Want Support? I’ve Got Two Ways to Help:
💬 Got a question you want answered on the podcast?
Whether you’re stuck in a spiral, facing a big decision, or just want my coaching perspective, I’d love to help.
Email your question to prue@pruesulicich.com.au and I might answer it in an upcoming episode. (You can stay anonymous if you like.)
🧠 Ready for personalised support?
I currently have limited 1:1 coaching spots available. If you’re serious about doing the work and want help staying grounded, clear, and consistent—
👉 Apply for coaching here → https://forms.gle/fvxZnTpNSaguUURU8

Episode 102- Neutral Isn't Negative: How to Stop Overthinking Other People's Expressions

Ever walked past someone who didn't smile, and thought, “Are they mad at me?”
Or seen someone with a blank face in a meeting and assumed they hated your idea?

You're not alone and you're not broken.

In this episode, I share one powerful insight that has genuinely changed my day-to-day thinking: 60% of people interpret neutral facial expressions as negative. That stat stopped me in my tracks, and what I've learned since then has been a game-changer.

We dive into how this shows up in everyday life (especially in close relationships), why it creates so much drama, and exactly what to do instead.

What We Cover:
The sneaky drama caused by misreading neutral faces
Why your brain fills in the blanks with worst-case scenarios
How this habit shows up in families, at work, and even on Zoom
What to do in the moment to stay grounded and not spiral
How this awareness frees up energy and emotional space

Key Takeaways:
✅ Most people do misread neutral expressions, it's not just you
✅ It's your brain trying to protect you (but it often creates more drama)
✅ You can train your brain to interpret neutrals more calmly
✅ Peace comes from letting neutral be neutral

Free Download:
Neutral Isn't Negative: A Self-Coaching Guide

This simple guide includes:
Visual examples of neutral expressions
Thought prompts to interrupt spirals
Mindset shifts to reduce unnecessary drama

✨ [Download it now → link]
https://stan.store/pruesulicich/p/podcast-free-resource--neutral-isnt-negative-


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