Overwhelm is Optional
Heidi Marke
- This is the podcast for big-hearted, highly driven professionals who want their life back.
- Each week, we explore ways to gently rebel against the idea that overwhelm and exhaustion are just the price you pay for success. You don’t have to push through—it’s time to work with ease, reclaim your energy, and create the life you want.
- 💡 Meet Heidi Marke
I’m Heidi, a Coach, Teacher, Podcaster, and Author. Having painfully burned out—losing my career, confidence, health, and financial stability—I discovered a better way. Now, I quietly lead The Gentle Rebellion , helping you to:- Stop pushing through overwhelm.
- Redefine success on your own terms.
- Reclaim your time, energy, and life.
Thank you to purpleplanet.com for the music.
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Episode 162: Is struggle necessary?
Overwhelm is Optional
03/22/23 • 19 min
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Welcome to the Overwhelm is Optional podcast where each week we find ways to gently rebel against the nonsense that overwhelm and exhaustion are just the price you pay to have the life you want.
Heidi Marke is a Coach, Teacher, Podcaster & Author
Having managed to embarrassingly and painfully burn out losing her once-loved and hard-worked-for career, confidence, health and financial stability - whilst prioritising her selfcare (yes, really!) she now quietly leads The Gentle Rebellion - inviting you to gently, but firmly, rebel against the idea that to have the life you want you to have to push through overwhelm and exhaustion. You don’t.
To book a Breakthrough The Overwhelm Session please click here
You can buy my book here:
Please note some episodes and show notes contain affiliate links for people and products I love and have used myself. I may earn from qualifying purchases. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Curious about this? Read my post A note about affiliate links.
Disclaimer: This podcast is recorded with the intention to sooth and inspire you to reclaim your life from overwhelm. It is not intended as advice and should not be taken as such. Should you decide to use any of the information in this podcast for yourself, the podcast host assumes no responsibility for your actions.
🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease, and joy.
But here’s the exciting news... I’ve moved beyond overwhelm.
If you’ve been listening and resonating with this message, you’ll love what comes next.
I’ve created a new podcast: Deep Heartfelt Success—because success should feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
🎙 Join me there → Search "Deep Heartfelt Success" on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe.
💡 Experience Deep Heartfelt Success for Yourself
Book a complimentary Deep Heartfelt Success Session—a no-pressure, transformative conversation designed to help you step into your next level of success with ease.
📅 Book here
📚 The Gently Rebellious One-Minute Journal
A simple, powerful way to stay focused on what matters most.
👉 Buy here
🌍 Website:
Explore practical tools, resources, and ways to work with me.
👉 Visit here www.heidimarke.co.uk
🎧 Free Audio: The One Minute Marke
Start prac...
Easing End-of-Year Overwhelm: Gentle Practices to Create Space and Joy
Overwhelm is Optional
12/01/24 • 40 min
🎙️ Feeling overwhelmed as the year wraps up? You're not alone. In this episode, I acknowledge the unique end-of-year pressures and share 3 gently rebellious practices to help you find space, ease, and joy amidst the chaos.
Discover how small shifts like The Morning Promise, Neutral Noticing, and Gently Rebellious Gratitude can ease overwhelm and reconnect you with yourself.
✨ Ready to create space for joy, even in the busiest times? Tune in and explore how to end the year feeling lighter and more aligned.
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If you enjoy this episode, please share it with a friend or leave a review—it helps more gently rebellious souls find this podcast.
Want the fastest most effective way to turn your overwhelm into the joy, satisfaction and ease you're working so hard for? Book a Curiosity Call and discover what it's like to be coached by me. I look forward to meeting you.
🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease, and joy.
But here’s the exciting news... I’ve moved beyond overwhelm.
If you’ve been listening and resonating with this message, you’ll love what comes next.
I’ve created a new podcast: Deep Heartfelt Success—because success should feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
🎙 Join me there → Search "Deep Heartfelt Success" on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe.
💡 Experience Deep Heartfelt Success for Yourself
Book a complimentary Deep Heartfelt Success Session—a no-pressure, transformative conversation designed to help you step into your next level of success with ease.
📅 Book here
📚 The Gently Rebellious One-Minute Journal
A simple, powerful way to stay focused on what matters most.
👉 Buy here
🌍 Website:
Explore practical tools, resources, and ways to work with me.
👉 Visit here www.heidimarke.co.uk
🎧 Free Audio: The One Minute Marke
Start prac...
The Transformative Power of the Mind-Body Connection: with Sara Parrode, The Portable Wellness Coach
Overwhelm is Optional
08/25/24 • 76 min
Want more energy? This week I discuss my experiences of waking The Camino without the usual stress and exhaustion with Sarah Parrode, The Portable Wellness Coach and endurance athlete. Sarah's experiences as a global nomad offer a unique lens through which we examine the profound mind-body connection and its impact on our overall wellness.
https://www.inmotion-coaching.com/
Thrive anywhere: Portable wellness for those on the move
Helping Global Nomads, Runners, and Wellness Seekers Achieve Balance, Health, and Resilience No Matter Where They Are.
Mentioned with reference to Mental Toughness: https://www.catalystcoachinginstitute.com/
Want the fastest most effective way to turn your overwhelm into the joy, satisfaction and ease you're working so hard for? Book a Curiosity Call and discover what it's like to be coached by me. I look forward to meeting you.
🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease, and joy.
But here’s the exciting news... I’ve moved beyond overwhelm.
If you’ve been listening and resonating with this message, you’ll love what comes next.
I’ve created a new podcast: Deep Heartfelt Success—because success should feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
🎙 Join me there → Search "Deep Heartfelt Success" on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe.
💡 Experience Deep Heartfelt Success for Yourself
Book a complimentary Deep Heartfelt Success Session—a no-pressure, transformative conversation designed to help you step into your next level of success with ease.
📅 Book here
📚 The Gently Rebellious One-Minute Journal
A simple, powerful way to stay focused on what matters most.
👉 Buy here
🌍 Website:
Explore practical tools, resources, and ways to work with me.
👉 Visit here www.heidimarke.co.uk
🎧 Free Audio: The One Minute Marke
Start prac...
Episode 14: Reducing Overwhelm for Parents during the GCSE years with Emily Hughes
Overwhelm is Optional
06/30/20 • 52 min
So excited to interview the awesome Emily Hughes of parentguidetogcse.com!
Emily's book is released today (1st July 2020) and if you're a parent of a child about to go into Year 9, 10 or 11 in the UK then this podcast is for you.
Or if you're a teacher or a parent of a Year 12 or 13 or if you want to hear about how Emily turned her life into one where she now thrives then tune in and listen now.
As a very experienced and knowledgeable teacher, Emily talks about her own adventures with overwhelm and how she rebuilt her life after some difficult times, regaining her health and pouring her passion for teaching into creating a membership that supports parents through the overwhelm of the GCSE years.
There is so much living to be had on the other side of overwhelm!
The GCSE Survival Guide For Parents is available from Amazon here: www.amazon.co.uk/Survival-Guide-Parents-Emily-Hughes/dp/B08BF14J92/
Our GCSE support for parents is here:
Membership site: www.parentguidetogcse.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/parentguidetogcse
Want the fastest most effective way to turn your overwhelm into the joy, satisfaction and ease you're working so hard for? Book a Curiosity Call and discover what it's like to be coached by me. I look forward to meeting you.
🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease, and joy.
But here’s the exciting news... I’ve moved beyond overwhelm.
If you’ve been listening and resonating with this message, you’ll love what comes next.
I’ve created a new podcast: Deep Heartfelt Success—because success should feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
🎙 Join me there → Search "Deep Heartfelt Success" on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe.
💡 Experience Deep Heartfelt Success for Yourself
Book a complimentary Deep Heartfelt Success Session—a no-pressure, transformative conversation designed to help you step into your next level of success with ease.
📅 Book here
📚 The Gently Rebellious One-Minute Journal
A simple, powerful way to stay focused on what matters most.
👉 Buy here
🌍 Website:
Explore practical tools, resources, and ways to work with me.
👉 Visit here www.heidimarke.co.uk
🎧 Free Audio: The One Minute Marke
Start prac...
Episode 13: Invoking the spirit of Glastonbury to think about holidays and overwhelm
Overwhelm is Optional
06/23/20 • 29 min
Enhancing the body-mind connection to reduce overwhelm and live more skillfully.
This week I invite you to tune in and notice what your body has to tell you about your need for a holiday. With the holiday season in disarray, how are you feeling?
It’s Glastonbury week and I’m feeling the need to invoke the spirit of Glastonbury to nourish myself.
This episode is dedicated to the 54 stewards that are Team 3 at the John Peel Stage. Miss you all and wishing you a very happy Glasthomebury.
Exploring tuning in and listening to your body to get out of your head and move from overwhelm to ease. Find an easier way to achieve your goals. Feel at home in your life.
I hope you are finding this podcast helpful.
If you’d like a deeper dive into how my tuning in method can help you move from overwhelm to ease then please click on the link below for details of my online course (with a special £30 off for listeners of this podcast)
Want the fastest most effective way to turn your overwhelm into the joy, satisfaction and ease you're working so hard for? Book a Curiosity Call and discover what it's like to be coached by me. I look forward to meeting you.
🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease, and joy.
But here’s the exciting news... I’ve moved beyond overwhelm.
If you’ve been listening and resonating with this message, you’ll love what comes next.
I’ve created a new podcast: Deep Heartfelt Success—because success should feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
🎙 Join me there → Search "Deep Heartfelt Success" on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe.
💡 Experience Deep Heartfelt Success for Yourself
Book a complimentary Deep Heartfelt Success Session—a no-pressure, transformative conversation designed to help you step into your next level of success with ease.
📅 Book here
📚 The Gently Rebellious One-Minute Journal
A simple, powerful way to stay focused on what matters most.
👉 Buy here
🌍 Website:
Explore practical tools, resources, and ways to work with me.
👉 Visit here www.heidimarke.co.uk
🎧 Free Audio: The One Minute Marke
Start prac...
Episode 34: How thinking about death helps you live more fully
Overwhelm is Optional
11/11/20 • 16 min
How contemplating death can help you live more fully now
Its remembrance day here in the UK and yes it’s a gloomy November with the days getting rapidly shorter and shorter. And yes there’s a whole load of stuff to worry about but everything changes and one day (hopefully a long time from now) your life will end.
The best way to honour all those who gave their lives to protect yours is to live fully now.
So get out of the overwhelm and connect your heart - what would make your heart sing today? What would make you truly happy?
What do you want to be remembered for? What gifts do you have to share with the world?
Because overwhelm can trick you into feeling so crushed that you think you don’t matter. How you are in the world matters very much. We need you and your unique gifts and perspective.
So this episode invites you to think about how you want people to talk about you after you have gone.
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🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease, and joy.
But here’s the exciting news... I’ve moved beyond overwhelm.
If you’ve been listening and resonating with this message, you’ll love what comes next.
I’ve created a new podcast: Deep Heartfelt Success—because success should feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
🎙 Join me there → Search "Deep Heartfelt Success" on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe.
💡 Experience Deep Heartfelt Success for Yourself
Book a complimentary Deep Heartfelt Success Session—a no-pressure, transformative conversation designed to help you step into your next level of success with ease.
📅 Book here
📚 The Gently Rebellious One-Minute Journal
A simple, powerful way to stay focused on what matters most.
👉 Buy here
🌍 Website:
Explore practical tools, resources, and ways to work with me.
👉 Visit here www.heidimarke.co.uk
🎧 Free Audio: The One Minute Marke
Start prac...
Episode 37: How and why you should pause and celebrate
Overwhelm is Optional
12/02/20 • 15 min
Not celebrating - pushing on through to whatever is next is a disaster for most of us leading to more overwhelm, more exhaustion and more unhappiness.
This episode discusses why it's important to pause and celebrate and how to do it with ease.
Includes a Neutral Noticing practice to get you out of your head and into your body to notice the physical sensations of celebrating.
Every day for 30 days find something to celebrate, get out of your head and into your body to pause and really notice the sensations of celebration.
Then let me know how you get on :)
Enjoy
🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease, and joy.
But here’s the exciting news... I’ve moved beyond overwhelm.
If you’ve been listening and resonating with this message, you’ll love what comes next.
I’ve created a new podcast: Deep Heartfelt Success—because success should feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
🎙 Join me there → Search "Deep Heartfelt Success" on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe.
💡 Experience Deep Heartfelt Success for Yourself
Book a complimentary Deep Heartfelt Success Session—a no-pressure, transformative conversation designed to help you step into your next level of success with ease.
📅 Book here
📚 The Gently Rebellious One-Minute Journal
A simple, powerful way to stay focused on what matters most.
👉 Buy here
🌍 Website:
Explore practical tools, resources, and ways to work with me.
👉 Visit here www.heidimarke.co.uk
🎧 Free Audio: The One Minute Marke
Start prac...
Episode 39: Where's your attention going?
Overwhelm is Optional
12/16/20 • 13 min
Where’s your attention going?
Attention is such an important thing to learn to control that I thought I’d give you another practice to support you.
Includes a Neutral Noticing Attention Practice and a great way to support this at the end of your day.
Let me know if you find it helpful.
🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease, and joy.
But here’s the exciting news... I’ve moved beyond overwhelm.
If you’ve been listening and resonating with this message, you’ll love what comes next.
I’ve created a new podcast: Deep Heartfelt Success—because success should feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
🎙 Join me there → Search "Deep Heartfelt Success" on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe.
💡 Experience Deep Heartfelt Success for Yourself
Book a complimentary Deep Heartfelt Success Session—a no-pressure, transformative conversation designed to help you step into your next level of success with ease.
📅 Book here
📚 The Gently Rebellious One-Minute Journal
A simple, powerful way to stay focused on what matters most.
👉 Buy here
🌍 Website:
Explore practical tools, resources, and ways to work with me.
👉 Visit here www.heidimarke.co.uk
🎧 Free Audio: The One Minute Marke
Start prac...
Episode 42: WARNING: READING THE NEWS CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH
Overwhelm is Optional
01/06/21 • 25 min
Should the news carry a health warning like cigarette packets?
WARNING: READING THE NEWS CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH
Research shows this, which is why I, and many others, stopped reading the news a few years ago.
I only had one embarrassing moment of being less informed than maybe I should have been. Because the ‘news’ will always filter through and because mainly it goes in cycles of doom it’s pretty easy to predict.
Until this last year. And suddenly I’m getting pulled back into addictive news reading.
None of it has helped me and it has certainly caused me a great deal of stress and anxiety.
The news is not the news. It is a selection of manipulatively written messages and stories designed to hijack your attention and make money.
That doesn’t mean its evil or bad. There are many excellent journalists doing genuinely important work. But their voices are often drowned out by a fast-moving news cycle that demands ever-increasingly attention highjacking headlines.
So, how to stay informed without damaging your health?
Control how often and what you read.
Be aware of the addiction - what are you searching for? If it’s genuine information there are better sources.
Find an alternative. These are free:
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
If you have a good source of informative news that does not set off the stress response in a paralysing unhelpful way I’d love you to share it here.
It’s time we did something about the life-destroyi
Want the fastest most effective way to turn your overwhelm into the joy, satisfaction and ease you're working so hard for? Book a Curiosity Call and discover what it's like to be coached by me. I look forward to meeting you.
🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease, and joy.
But here’s the exciting news... I’ve moved beyond overwhelm.
If you’ve been listening and resonating with this message, you’ll love what comes next.
I’ve created a new podcast: Deep Heartfelt Success—because success should feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
🎙 Join me there → Search "Deep Heartfelt Success" on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe.
💡 Experience Deep Heartfelt Success for Yourself
Book a complimentary Deep Heartfelt Success Session—a no-pressure, transformative conversation designed to help you step into your next level of success with ease.
📅 Book here
📚 The Gently Rebellious One-Minute Journal
A simple, powerful way to stay focused on what matters most.
👉 Buy here
🌍 Website:
Explore practical tools, resources, and ways to work with me.
👉 Visit here www.heidimarke.co.uk
🎧 Free Audio: The One Minute Marke
Start prac...
Episode 138: The Gentle Rebellion against selfcare
Overwhelm is Optional
10/04/22 • 13 min
When selfcare is adding to your overwhelm it's time to rebel.
Welcome to the Overwhelm is Optional podcast where each week we find ways to gently rebel against the nonsense that overwhelm and exhaustion are just the price you pay to have the life you want.
Heidi Marke is a Coach, Teacher, Podcaster & Author
Having managed to embarrassingly and painfully burn out losing her once-loved and hard-worked-for career, confidence, health and financial stability - whilst prioritizing her selfcare (yes, really!) she now quietly leads The Gentle Rebellion - inviting you to gently, but firmly, rebel against the idea that to have the life you want you to have to push through overwhelm and exhaustion. You don’t.
To book a Breakthrough The Overwhelm Session please click here
To discuss working with me please click here
To find out more about my work please visit:
You can buy my book here:
Please note some episodes and show notes contain affiliate links for people and products I love and have used myself. I may earn from qualifying purchases. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Curious about this? Read my post A note about affiliate links.
Disclaimer: This podcast is recorded with the intention to sooth and inspire you to reclaim your life from overwhelm. It is not intended as advice and should not be taken as such. Should you decide to use any of the information in this podcast for yourself, the podcast host assumes no responsibility for your actions.
🎙️ Welcome to Overwhelm is Optional
This podcast was created to help big-hearted, driven professionals break free from overwhelm and experience more clarity, ease, and joy.
But here’s the exciting news... I’ve moved beyond overwhelm.
If you’ve been listening and resonating with this message, you’ll love what comes next.
I’ve created a new podcast: Deep Heartfelt Success—because success should feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.
🎙 Join me there → Search "Deep Heartfelt Success" on your favourite podcast platform and subscribe.
💡 Experience Deep Heartfelt Success for Yourself
Book a complimentary Deep Heartfelt Success Session—a no-pressure, transformative conversation designed to help you step into your next level of success with ease.
📅 Book here
📚 The Gently Rebellious One-Minute Journal
A simple, powerful way to stay focused on what matters most.
👉 Buy here
🌍 Website:
Explore practical tools, resources, and ways to work with me.
👉 Visit here www.heidimarke.co.uk
🎧 Free Audio: The One Minute Marke
Start prac...
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FAQ
How many episodes does Overwhelm is Optional have?
Overwhelm is Optional currently has 231 episodes available.
What topics does Overwhelm is Optional cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Self Care, Mental Health, Self Love, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Mindfulness and Focus.
What is the most popular episode on Overwhelm is Optional?
The episode title 'Episode 19: Entreprepreneurs and Overwhelm with Paula Warman of The Landscaper's Circle' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Overwhelm is Optional?
The average episode length on Overwhelm is Optional is 32 minutes.
How often are episodes of Overwhelm is Optional released?
Episodes of Overwhelm is Optional are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Overwhelm is Optional?
The first episode of Overwhelm is Optional was released on Mar 25, 2020.
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