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5 min readWhen You Feel Stuck, Start With Three Options
Liz Moody opens with a confession: after publishing her book, going on tour, and creating daily content for a year and a half, she found herself standing in a national park, surrounded by awe-inspiring scenery that normally would have moved her to tears, and felt nothing but "yeah, it's fine." That flatness—a universal "meh" feeling—was her signal that something deeper than exhaustion was going on.
A coach friend who works with top CEOs had given her a useful litmus test: if a vacation helps you feel better, you're just tired. If it doesn't, you're burnt out. Moody's vacation felt less enjoyable than she expected, and returning to work felt just as overwhelming. So she did an audit of her life and identified three surprising things about burnout that became the backbone of her recovery plan.
People Drain More Than Tasks
The first realization: it wasn't the volume of work that was depleting her—it was specific people. Writing and publishing a book involved a lot of tasks, but those were "check-offable." The real energy drain came from toxic interactions: calls that left her heart pounding, emails that made her feel terrible. This applies to professional and personal life alike.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Introduction: The Problem & The Promise** - Liz frames the episode: not just cheerleading, but a science-backed, step-by-step plan for getting unstuck, unmotivated, or burnt out.
- 2 (05:45) **Surprising Cause #1: People Drain More Than Tasks** - Liz identifies that toxic interactions, not just workload, were her primary energy drain.
- 3 (07:29) **The "Three Options" Hack for Stuck Thinking** - A core cognitive tool to break out of negativity and into problem-solving mode.
- 4 (10:53) **Ad Break: Seed DS-01 Daily Symbiotic** - Liz shares that her husband finally tried Seed and is now obsessed.
- 5 (12:22) **Ad Break: Element Electrolytes** - Liz explains her daily habit of sipping Element throughout the day for better hydration.
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- 7 (15:19) **Surprising Cause #2: Perfectionism Is a Trap** - Liz reveals how her own perfectionism kept her stuck and overwhelmed.
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Show Notes
If you've been feeling unmotivated, exhausted, or like you're just going through the motions instead of actually living your life, you're not alone and it doesn't mean something is wrong with you. It might just mean you're burnt out.
In this solo episode, I get real about the burnout I hit after publishing my book, and share the science-backed research and practical, actionable tools that helped me work through it. No empty "you've got this" cheerleading—just the specific action steps, and the why behind them, so you can get unstuck and start feeling like yourself again.
🎧 What you’ll learn:
The surprising energy audit that reveals who (not what) is actually draining you
Why perfectionism is quietly keeping you stuck — and the two-step fix for it
The "3 options" mental trick that instantly pulls your brain out of stress mode
The simple activity proven to cut stress by over 60% in just a few minutes
A weekly rule that tricks your brain into feeling like time is slowing down
The tiny daily action that builds unstoppable momentum, even on your worst days
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The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy.
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