Ep 79 - Capacity vs. Capability: The Equation That Changes Everything with Emily Forbes

Send us Fan MailEmily Forbes spent nine years as a CEO, winning awards and passing every performance review, while her body was quietly falling apart. In this conversation, Emily shares the equation she developed after ill-health retirement forced her to separate two things most of us have never been taught to tell apart: capability and capacity.We talk about the moment capability stopped being enough to override what her body was saying, the crash protocol she now uses on low-capacity days, and why interoception and simple breathing techniques matter more than willpower ever did. Emily is the author of Too Hard to Swallow and founder of Wylde Wellbeing, where she coaches high-achieving women rebuilding their lives after a diagnosis, illness, or major transition.This episode speaks directly to the Type C pattern of pushing through, staying capable on the outside while running on empty underneath, and offers a gentler, more honest way forward.Key Topics Covered●       The capacity equation: resource + recovery + regulation + support, minus demands and stress load●       Why capability isn't in the equation at all, and what that reveals about how we're praised●       Emily's crash protocol and the language of noticing versus labeling●       Interoception, body scans, and the parasympathetic sigh breathing technique●       Awareness before agency, and reclaiming choice after years of "capability override"●       Too Hard to Swallow: part memoir, part self-help, and the wellness plan template inside itView extended shownotes hereSubscribe to Sense of Peace (Kathy's Substack) today! RECEIVE the attention you need to reconnect with your purpose. Click here to learn more about individual coaching with Kathy!If this resonated, the most generous thing you can do is share it with one woman who needs to hear it. One share grows this community more than any algorithm.Follow the show on your favorite platform, and come find me on Substack at senseofpeace.substack.com — that’s where the deeper conversation lives.And if you’re ready to stop just listening and start doing this work — visit kathywashburn.net. I’d love to talk with you. Until next time — keep investing in yourself. It is always, always worth it.#SpreadMadLove