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EPISODE · May 15, 2026 · 8 MIN

The Fear of Being Misunderstood: The Silent Layer Fuelling My Overdrive (Jo Moment)

from Balance & Beyond · host Jo Stone

 Register now for The Overdrive Reset - a free 8-day WhatsApp experience designed for women who are exhausted from constantly carrying, managing, fixing, anticipating, and holding everything together.Short daily voice notes.Real pattern recognition.No wellness fluff.Starts 29th May.Join here: www.balanceinstitute.com/resetWe uncover a hidden pattern that links being understood with being safe, and how that wiring can keep us living in our heads. We talk through the success it can create, the cost it can carry, and a mantra that helps the body catch up with what the mind already knows. • noticing the habit of showing only what others can understand • growing up in a logic-bound home where feelings have a limit • learning to self-edit emotions to avoid being “too much” • coping strategies that drive success and also become kryptonite • becoming articulate as protection and adding “one more sentence” • how overexplaining and overdoing bleed into work and relationships • using the podcast as practice for saying the edgy thing anyway • holding the mantra that misunderstanding is their filter, not our failure come and join me. Eight days, WhatsApp. We start 29th of May. It’s free, and the link is in the show notes. If this resonated, share it with a friend who needs to hear it today. And don’t forget to subscribe to Balance and Beyond for full episodes and more of these bite sized breakthroughs. Send a text message to JoThe Balance & Beyond Podcast Hosted by Jo Stone, founder of The Balance InstituteFor women who are already succeeding, but beginning to wonder if they're willing to keep losing themselves in the process.We know high achievers, because we are one. This podcast draws on Jo's 20 years in global leadership and thousands of hours coaching executives and ambitious women: the patterns she sees, how to untangle them, and what it actually takes to keep your success without paying for it with yourself.If something landed today, there's more where that came from.And if you know a woman this would resonate with, send it her way.🎙️https://www.balanceinstitute.com/podcast 🔗 www.balanceinstitute.com💼https://au.linkedin.com/in/stonejoanne📷 @therealjostone

Register now for The Overdrive Reset - a free 8-day WhatsApp experience designed for women who are exhausted from constantly carrying, managing, fixing, anticipating, and holding everything together. Short daily voice notes. Real pattern recognition. No wellness fluff. Starts 29th May. Join here: www.balanceinstitute.com/reset We uncover a hidden pattern that links being understood with being safe, and how that wiring can keep us living in our heads. We talk through the success it can ...

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