Overwhelm is Optional
- This is the podcast for big-hearted, highly driven professionals who want their life back.
- Each week, we explore ways to gently rebel against the idea that overwhelm and exhaustion are just the price you pay for success. You don’t have to push through—it’s time to work with ease, reclaim your energy, and create the life you want.
- 💡 Meet Heidi Marke
I’m Heidi, a Coach, Teacher, Podcaster, and Author. Having painfully burned out—losing my career, confidence, health, and financial stability—I discovered a better way. Now, I quietly lead The Gentle Rebellion, helping you to:- Stop pushing through overwhelm.
- Redefine success on your own terms.
- Reclaim your time, energy, and life.
Thank you to purpleplanet.com for the music.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 228
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
How I dealt with a dose of travel overwhelm
Here's what I did when travel overwhelm hit me just before going on my Pacific North West adventure.
Want the fastest most effective way to turn your overwhelm into the joy, satisfaction…
Transform Overwhelm into Calm
A fast and effective way to deal with overwhelm.
🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and expe…
Overwhelm is Optional: Reading an extract to you with Rosie, Nutmeg and Kangarooby
This week I invite you to settle back and enjoy being read to from my book Overwhelm is Optional - with my Cavalier spaniels, Rosie, Nutmeg and Kanagarooby.
Feel seen and understood beca…
The Transformative Power of the Mind-Body Connection: with Sara Parrode, The Portable Wellness Coach
Want more energy? This week I discuss my experiences of waking The Camino without the usual stress and exhaustion with Sarah Parrode, The Portable Wellness Coach and endurance athlete. …
Transforming Branding into a Journey of Authentic Self-Discovery with Emily Rosales
Can branding be more than something you struggle to get done so that you can get on with building your business? What if it was an opportunity for deep, personal transformation?
Emily R…
The weirdest gift from walking The Camino
I never saw this gift coming!
Want the fastest most effective way to turn your overwhelm into the joy, satisfaction and ease you're working so hard for? Book a Curiosity Call and discove…
Celebrating 200 Episodes: Transform Your Life and Business with the Gentle Rebel Way
The 200th episode - join me as I celebrate and reflect.
Want the fastest most effective way to turn your overwhelm into the joy, satisfaction and ease you're working so hard for? Book a …
Unlocking Deep Connections Through Storytelling with D Grant Smith
Join us as we uncover the transformative power of stories with D Grant-Smith, a master storyteller and self-concept specialist.
Youtube for our Hero Story Garden Show: https://www.youtu…
Breaking Free from the Tyranny of To-Dos: Transforming Stress into Joy and Satisfaction
Ever feel like your to-do list is running your life instead of the other way around? This week on the Overwhelm is Optional podcast, we uncover the insidious "circular tyranny" of to-do…
Embrace Authenticity and Set Boundaries: Insights with Executive Coach Alyssa Gioscia
Have you ever felt the pressure of trying to be someone you’re not just to fit in? Join us in this enlightening episode of the Overwhelm is Optional podcast, where I sit down with execu…
A Gently Rebellious Practice for Finding Peace and Joy Regardless
Want the fastest most effective way to turn your overwhelm into the joy, satisfaction and ease you're working so hard for? Book a Curiosity Call and discover what it's like to be coache…
Mary Poppins Bag: Letting Go of Life's Unnecessary Burdens
Are you carrying around the equivalent of Mary Poppins' Bag?
Want the fastest most effective way to turn your overwhelm into the joy, satisfaction and ease you're working so hard for? B…
Embracing Small Steps: The Secret to Overcoming Overwhelm
You know that feeling of being perpetually overwhelmed? Of feeling like you're constantly on high alert? We've all been there. Welcome, fellow life-rebels, to the Overwhelms Optional Po…
Christmas: A Very Special Kind of Overwhelm
The lead up to Christmas can feel particularly challenging when your life is already overloaded.
What if it's a unique opportunity to create more freedom to be yourself?
Want the fastest…
Balancing Sleep and Life: From Survival Mode to Thriving
Do you have a life you can only cope with if you get enough sleep?
Or do you have a life where your days are good regardless?
Want the fastest most effective way to turn your overwhelm in…
Strategies to Avoid Burnout
Together, let's rebel gently against burnout.
🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experi…
The Transformative Season: Understanding and Accepting Autumn Grief
Are you stuck in an emotional tug-of-war as the seasons change? Join me as I navigate my own Autumn Grief, the mourning that descends as the warmth of summer fades. Find the gifts the s…
Embracing Life with Play: Laura Haver's Happiness Insights
This week I’m talking to Laura Haver. Laura is an expert in play, communication and happiness. She is on a mission to inspire people of all ages around the world to live more playful, v…
The Cool Pheasant's Way: Strategies for a Calm, Controlled Life
Inspired by two pheasants at Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire, I have some questions for you!
Are you tired of being the panicked pheasant running into a solid hedge? Wouldn't you rat…
Stripes: my newest Tiny-Huge Life-Changing Practice
I’ve been waking regularly thinking about stripes.
My mind was very focused on all the things I had to do, all the bookings in my calendar - the black stripes. I noticed that this focus…