What happens when the version of success you worked so hard to achieve…no longer fits?

In this episode of The Life Management System, Courtney sits down with Molly Asplin – a former high-achieving corporate leader turned executive and life coach – to talk about burnout, identity, and what it looks like when your ambition outpaces your joy.

Molly specializes in helping driven, capable women slow down without losing momentum, and this conversation is a powerful reminder that growth doesn’t always come from pushing harder. Sometimes, it comes from redefining what success actually means.

If you’ve ever felt restless, exhausted, or quietly disconnected, even while “doing everything right”, this episode will meet you exactly where you are.

💡 Inside this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why so many high-performing women feel burned out even when they’re successful
• How ambition and identity become entangled (and why that’s so hard to untangle)
• What it looks like to slow down without sacrificing growth or impact
• The signs that you’ve outgrown your old definition of success
• Why burnout isn’t a personal failure - it’s often a misalignment
• How to reconnect with your values when achievement stops feeling fulfilling
• The difference between momentum and meaning
• What intentional success looks like in this season of life and leadership ✨

🔗 Resources & links mentioned:

• Learn more about Molly Asplin
• Follow Courtney on Instagram
• Free guide: How to More Productively Manage Your To-Do List

💬 Quoteworthy thoughts:

“Burnout isn’t always about doing too much, it’s about doing things that no longer align.”

“Just because you’re capable of more doesn’t mean you’re meant to carry it all.”

“Success that costs you your joy isn’t sustainable.”

💥 Episode takeaway:

You don’t need to abandon your ambition to feel better.

You may just need to redefine success in a way that honors your energy, values, and season of life.

Slowing down isn’t quitting.

It’s choosing what actually matters.

📈 Keywords:

Molly Asplin, redefining success, burnout recovery, high achieving women, executive burnout, identity and work, values based living, working mom burnout, career and identity, life transitions, personal growth podcast, ambition and burnout, women leaders, success without burnout, life management system podcast, Courtney Cecil, Working Moms Movement

Burnout doesn’t usually arrive with flashing lights or a dramatic breakdown.

It sneaks up quietly…especially on high performers.

It starts with being reliable.

Then capable.

Then indispensable.

And before you realize it, you’re exhausted and wondering what’s wrong with you.

In this episode of The Life Management System, Courtney Cecil breaks down why burnout is not a sign of incompetence and what it’s actually trying to tell you instead.

Through a powerful real-life story and years of experience working in culture, leadership, and coaching high-achieving women, Courtney reframes burnout as information, not failure. If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right but still running on empty, this episode will feel like someone finally put words to what you’ve been carrying.

💡 Inside this episode, we explore:

• Why burnout disproportionately affects capable, responsible, high-performing women
• The dangerous myth that exhaustion means you’re “not good enough”
• How over-responsibility quietly turns into identity
• Why burnout is about capacity being exceeded, not lack of ability
• The hidden role of invisible labor, scope creep, and constant context switching
• How internal standards – not external expectations – often drive burnout
• Why high performers receive more work, not less
• How strengths can “go wild” and become friction points
• The connection between burnout, boundaries, and values misalignment
• Why redesigning your life – not hustling harder – is the real solution 🌱

🧠 Key insights you’ll want to sit with:

• Burnout is a signal, not a character flaw
• You can be excellent at your job and still be in an unsustainable environment
• Imposter syndrome thrives when capacity is exceeded for too long
• When everything feels hard, high performers tend to blame themselves first
• Boundaries aren’t just about access, they’re about intentional yeses and noes
• Living intentionally makes decisions easier and burnout less likely

🔗 Resources & links mentioned:

• Follow Courtney on Instagram
• Episode 4: Part 1 of the Boundaries series (recommended next listen)
• Episode 50: Courtney’s full burnout story
• Book a FREE clarity call with Courtney (first time offered on the podcast)

✨ Quoteworthy reflections:

• Burnout is not a lack of competence, it’s capacity exceeded without support
• High performers don’t burn out because they don’t care…they burn out because they care deeply
• When your role asks more than your season of life can give, something has to change
• Strengths without boundaries become liabilities

💥 Episode takeaway:

Burnout isn’t telling you that you’re broken, it’s telling you that something in your ecosystem needs to change.

When you stop treating burnout like a personal failure and start treating it like information, you can finally redesign your life and work to be sustainable, aligned, and human again.

You don’t have to figure this out alone.

📈 Keywords:

burnout in high performers, working mom burnout, burnout vs incompetence, capacity burnout, invisible labor, mental load for women, values based living, boundary setting, burnout prevention, imposter syndrome, emotional labor, women and burnout, high achieving women, career burnout, leadership burnout, life management system, Courtney Cecil, working moms movement, boundaries and burnout, redesigning life after burnout

What if the reason you’re overwhelmed isn’t a lack of discipline…but a calendar that’s quietly working against you?

In this re-aired (and still incredibly relevant) episode of The Life Management System, Courtney revisits Episode 20 to talk about calendar hygiene and why it’s one of the most powerful (and overlooked) tools for helping working moms reclaim their time, energy, and priorities.

Despite shared calendars, flexible work schedules, and endless productivity tools, most working moms Courtney coaches are still stuck in reaction mode. And nine times out of ten, the fastest way to spot the problem is a calendar audit because your calendar tells the truth about what you value, protect, and sacrifice.

This episode isn’t about squeezing more into your days.

It’s about building boundaries, aligning your time with what you value, and finally putting yourself back on the calendar…without guilt!

💡 Inside this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why “calendar hygiene” is foundational to prioritizing yourself
• How an unintentional calendar fuels overwhelm, resentment, and burnout
• Why Courtney uses calendar audits with her clients to quickly identify misalignment
• How to approach a simple planning “retreat” with your partner before touching the calendar
• The five big-picture questions every family should answer before planning their year
• Tactical steps to organize your calendar so it supports - not drains - you
• How to block time for self-care, rest, relationships, and what actually matters
• Why prioritizing yourself feels selfish (and why that belief isn’t true)
• What to remove, protect, and reintroduce on your calendar, starting now

🧠 Key Takeaway

Calendar hygiene isn’t about productivity.

It’s about intention.

When your calendar reflects your values – not just your obligations – you stop reacting all day and start living with more clarity, boundaries, and breathing room.

Your time is a resource.

And your calendar is where we start protecting it.

🔗 Resources & Links Mentioned:

• Follow Courtney on Instagram
• Free guide: How to More Productively Manage Your To-Do List
• REtreat (yo’ self): A luxury women’s weekend in West Palm Beach
• Apollo Neuro wearable (stress & sleep support) → Use code COURTNEY4 for $60 off

📈 Keywords

calendar hygiene, time management for working moms, calendar audit, working mom burnout, mental load, invisible labor, values based living, prioritizing yourself, work life balance for moms, boundaries for moms, overwhelmed working mom, productivity without burnout, family scheduling systems, self care for moms, calendar organization, stress management for moms, life management system, Courtney Cecil Anderson, Working Moms Movement