From Burnout to Balance - Systems of Success

Summary: What happens when your drive to “do it all” pushes you past the point of depletion? In this episode, Yasmeen Duncan shares how survival-mode leadership nearly broke her and how she rebuilt her career, her health, and her life through grace, boundaries, and systems of support. From 16-hour days in hospitality HR to creating her own executive coaching practice, Yasmeen reveals what it takes to move from surviving to thriving.Chapters: 00:00 – Taking off the Superwoman cape03:00 – Yasmeen’s HR career in hospitality06:00 – Long hours, union battles, and survival mode09:00 – The executive meeting misstep and lessons learned13:00 – From disappointment to self-grace17:00 – Checklists, burnout, and shifting to systems20:00 – Building rituals and a self-care team26:00 – Resilience through rest, boundaries, and balance30:00 – Emotional intelligence and political fluency in leadership35:00 – From survive to thrive: Yasmeen’s system for living wellHost Alexa Beavers: linkedin.com/in/alexabeaverspmpGuest Yasmeen Duncan: linkedin.com/in/yasmeenduncanExecutive Producer Jim Kanichirayil: linkedin.com/in/drjimk Music Credit: "Lost in Dreams" by Kulakovka