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Spacious Success

Dr Kristy Goodwin

A podcast for high-achieving women who want to thrive at work without burning out their lives.

You’re smart. You’re driven. You love what you do. But you’re also… exhausted.

Welcome to Spacious Success, a podcast for women who are ready to redefine what it means to “have it all” in a world that rarely slows down.

Hosted by Dr Kristy Goodwin, one of Australia’s leading neuro-performance experts, this show unpacks the science, strategies and stories that help ambitious women perform at their best, without sacrificing their wellbeing, relationships, or sanity.

Because let’s be honest: the systems we work in weren’t built for women. The digital demands never stop. And burnout isn’t a vibe , it’s a physiological SOS.

Each episode explores how we can create sustainable success from the inside out, at work, in leadership, in motherhood, and in o

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41 episodes

  1. 039 | My Wearable Was Wrong. I Believed It Anyway. 20:16
  2. 038 | The Third Space: Why Work Gets Your Best and Home Gets What’s Left, with Dr Adam Fraser 1:00:54
  3. 037 | Majoring in the Majors 20:58
  4. EP036 | Rest Isn’t the Enemy of Revenue, with Marilla Akkermans: Building Flexibility Into the DNA 45:04
  5. 035 | I Probably Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: Naming the Gender Wellbeing Gap 22:21
  6. 034 | Roads and Bridges with Georgie Dent: The Care Infrastructure Working Parents Were Never Given 1:02:27
  7. 033 | The Double Load: Why You're More Exhausted Than You've Ever Been 21:10
  8. 032 | Motherhood, Matrescence and the Making of a New Self, with Amanda Delosa 43:15
  9. 031 | Fine, Thanks: What This Week’s Women’s Health Data Says About the Cost of Performing Okay 9:56
  10. 030 | Credits in the Health Bank with Amanda Stevens 1:02:06
  11. 029 | The Bandwidth Gap: Why Your Brain, Not Your Tech Stack, Is the Real AI Constraint 14:41
  12. 028 | The Unspoken Load: Perimenopause, Grief & Permission to Be Fully Human, with Lisa Corduff 1:02:35
  13. 027 | Shiny and Shabby: The Trade-Offs Nobody Warned You About 17:15
  14. 026 | The Joy Metric: How a CEO Decides What Success Is Worth, with Philippa Moig 41:22
  15. O25 | Fragmented Focus: Why Your Attention Is a Design Problem, Not a Discipline Problem 18:51
  16. 024 | Design a Life You Don't Want to Escape with Manelle Merhi 48:07
  17. 023 | The Unmasking: When Perimenopause Strips Away What Was Holding You Together 16:14
  18. 022 | The Big Person: Why Your Family Borrows Your Nervous System with Dr Vanessa Lapointe 52:02
  19. 021 | Born to Overwork: The Hidden Identity Driving High-Achieving Women 15:36
  20. 020 | Going First: Confidence, Courage and the Visibility Tax, with Yasmin London 44:37
  21. 019 | The Invisible Tax: What the Messy Room Research Reveals About Women's Hidden Load 12:49
  22. 018 | Back Yourself: Body Confidence, Big Courage and Showing Up Anyway with Taryn Brumfitt 44:55
  23. 017 | Women Fantasise About Being Sick: What It Signals About Modern Work 18:58
  24. 016 | Why You Feel Exhausted Even When You're Doing Everything Right, with Amelia Phillips 58:02
  25. 015 | The AI Addiction Problem: Why AI Tools Are So Hard to Put Down 18:09
  26. 014 | Your Story Is the Strategy — A Conversation with Tory Archbold 44:35
  27. 013 | We Don't Have an Ambition Gap. We Have a Wellbeing Gap. 19:39
  28. 012 | Peak-Performance Without Burnout: What Corporate Women Need to Know with Andrea Culligan 40:47
  29. 011 | Your FQ Matters More Than IQ – Mastering the New Currency of Success 10:21
  30. 010 | Cold Plunges for Women – What No One’s Telling You 12:31
  31. 09 | Wide Awake at 2:22am? Why Women Are Struggling With Sleep (and What to Do About It) 16:51
  32. 08 | Your Brain Isn’t Broken: The Truth About "Baby Brain", "Brain Fog" & the Female Brain 58:19
  33. 07 | Productivity Hijackers – Why Working Harder Isn’t Working 10:33
  34. 06 | The Performance Paradox – How to Stay Sharp Without Burning Out 11:18
  35. 05 | The Superwoman Myth – Why Doing It All Is Breaking Us 10:29
  36. 04 | Maggie Dent - The Mother Load: Why Mums Deserve to Exhale | 05 March 2026 41:12
  37. 03 | Why Women Can’t Do Life Alone: The Biological Power of Connection 8:55
  38. 02 | The Stress Superstorm: Why Women Are Burning Out Faster Than Ever 16:52
  39. 01 | From Code Red to High-Res – My Wake-Up Call from the Success Trap 17:42
  40. 00 | Everyone needs a Karen 14:25
  41. Welcome to Spacious Success! 3:07