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EPISODE · Feb 24, 2026 · 28 MIN

Work-Life Balance Is a Myth | Sustainable Success, Burnout & Rebalancing Your Life

from 5 Flavors of Happiness · host susanpieper

What if work-life balance isn’t the goal — and chasing it is actually making you more exhausted?In this deeply honest conversation, I sit down with Carol Enneking — former corporate vice president, leadership mentor, and author of The Rebalancing Act — to talk about burnout, ambition, health wake-up calls, divorce, surrender, and redefining what success really means.After decades inside high-performance corporate culture, Carol began noticing something few people admit out loud: the more successful people looked on the outside, the heavier they often felt on the inside.We talk about:Why work-life balance is constantly shiftingBurnout and stress signals you shouldn’t ignoreWomen, guilt, and the pressure to “do it all”The art of saying no without self-judgmentSocial media comparison and perfectionismDefining your five guiding valuesCreating a legacy you actually want to leaveFaith, surrender, and rebuilding after heartbreakCarol shares her personal journey through breast cancer, health struggles, divorce, and ultimately finding deeper joy and sustainable success — not by doing more, but by realigning with what truly matters.If you’re ambitious but exhausted… driven but questioning it all… this episode will meet you exactly where you are.Download Carol’s free Rebalancing Tools + Legacy Blueprint:https://bit.ly/m/rebalancingtoolsThis is a conversation about purpose, identity, resilience, and building a life that feels good on the inside — not just impressive on the outside.Welcome to 5 Flavors of Happiness.

What if work-life balance isn’t the goal — and chasing it is actually making you more exhausted?In this deeply honest conversation, I sit down with Carol Enneking — former corporate vice president, leadership mentor, and author of The Rebalancing Act — to talk about burnout, ambition, health wake-up calls, divorce, surrender, and redefining what success really means.After decades inside high-performance corporate culture, Carol began noticing something few people admit out loud: the more successful people looked on the outside, the heavier they often felt on the inside.We talk about:Why work-life balance is constantly shiftingBurnout and stress signals you shouldn’t ignoreWomen, guilt, and the pressure to “do it all”The art of saying no without self-judgmentSocial media comparison and perfectionismDefining your five guiding valuesCreating a legacy you actually want to leaveFaith, surrender, and rebuilding after heartbreakCarol shares her personal journey through breast cancer, health struggles, divorce, and ultimately finding deeper joy and sustainable success — not by doing more, but by realigning with what truly matters.If you’re ambitious but exhausted… driven but questioning it all… this episode will meet you exactly where you are.Download Carol’s free Rebalancing Tools + Legacy Blueprint:https://bit.ly/m/rebalancingtoolsThis is a conversation about purpose, identity, resilience, and building a life that feels good on the inside — not just impressive on the outside.Welcome to 5 Flavors of Happiness.

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