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A podcast for high-achieving women who want to thrive at work without burning out their lives.
You’re smart. You’re driven. You love what you do.
But you’re also… exhausted.
Welcome to Spacious Success, a podcast for women who are ready to redefine what it means to “have it all” in a world that rarely slows down.
Hosted by Dr Kristy Goodwin, one of Australia’s leading neuro-performance experts, this show unpacks the science, strategies and stories that help ambitious women perform at their best, without sacrificing their wellbeing, relationships, or sanity.
Because let’s be honest: the systems we work in weren’t built for women.
The digital demands never stop.
And burnout isn’t a vibe , it’s a physiological SOS.
Each episode explores how we can create sustainable success from the inside out, at work, in leadership, in motherhood, and in our own minds and bodies. Expect practical tools, honest conversations, and brain-based strategies that move beyond hustle culture and toxic productivity.
Whether you’re a leader, executive, founder, educator, or changemaker, Spacious Success is here to remind you:
✨ You don’t have to choose between ambition and alignment.
✨ You can be excellent without being always-on.
✨ You can lead and live without losing yourself.
We’ll explore topics like:
• How to thrive in a digitally-demanding world
• The nervous system science behind burnout and performance
• Redefining success in leadership, motherhood, and midlife
• Navigating the invisible load at home and work
• Creating boundaries that actually serve you
• Women’s health and hormones in high-pressure roles
• Recovery, rest and resilience in real life
Plus, you’ll hear from inspiring guests, thought leaders, experts, creatives and high-performing women, who are rewriting the rules and reclaiming what success looks and feels like.
🎧 Hit follow and join the movement toward a more spacious, sustainable, and human way to work and live.
Because you weren’t meant to do it all.
You were meant to do what matters, with more ease, energy and spaciousness.
8 Episodes
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We’ve been sold a seductive lie.
“You can have it all, you just can’t do it all.”
It sounds empowering. It isn’t.
In this episode of Spacious Success, I unpack the Superwoman Myth, the quiet, culturally reinforced belief that ambitious women should be able to excel at work, show up perfectly at home, maintain friendships, prioritise wellbeing and look effortless while doing it.
I explain why this narrative is biologically and mathematically flawed, how it fuels guilt and chronic stress, and why even with support, you cannot sustainably “have it all” at the same time.
We explore the hidden cost of wearing the cape, how guilt has been reframed as virtue, and the identity shift required to redefine success on your own terms.
If you’ve been striving, achieving, coping, but feeling the strain underneath, this episode offers a liberating reframe.
You don’t need a bigger cape.
You need a better model.
Listen now.
Women are holding more than ever, the mental load, the emotional labour, the invisible work that keeps families, teams, and workplaces running.
In this episode of Spacious Success, I’m joined by one of the wisest women in my life, Maggie Dent, for a deeply honest conversation about why modern motherhood and womanhood feels so heavy right now.
We explore why women lie awake at night running endless mental checklists, why the pressure to be a “good mother” has intensified, and how biology, hormones and the digital age are colliding to create chronic overwhelm.
We talk about the loss of the village, the rise of comparison culture, the unrealistic standards women are measuring themselves against, and why self-care isn’t the solution we’ve been sold.
This is a conversation about identity, matrescence, perimenopause, boundaries, and the power of wise women, friendship, and community.
If you’re a high-performing woman feeling stretched thin, depleted, or quietly wondering, Is it just me? This episode will help you understand what’s really going on, and why you’re not broken.
Commonly known as the ‘queen of common sense’, Maggie Dent has become one of Australia's favourite parenting authors, educators and podcasters. She has a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience, and is an undisputed 'boy champion'. Maggie is the author of 10 major books, including the bestselling Mothering Our Boys, From Boys to Men and Girlhood. In 2024, she released her final parenting book, Help Me Help My Teen. Maggie hosts The Good Enough Dad podcast and hosted six seasons of the award-winning ABC podcast Parental As Anything. In 2025, she also featured in the genre-bending ABC TV series, The Role of a Lifetime. Maggie is the mother of four sons and a very grateful grandmother.
Female friendships in midlife aren’t a luxury. They’re a biological necessity.
In this episode of Spacious Success, I explore why women are not wired to do life alone and why connection is one of the most powerful buffers against stress, burnout and overwhelm.
Through a personal story and compelling neuroscience, I unpack how even small moments of connection (a voice note, a funny meme, a shared rant) can instantly calm the nervous system. This isn’t emotional fluff. It’s physiology at work.
We’ll explore:
Why women respond to stress differently to men
The “tend-and-befriend” response and how oxytocin protects your brain and body
What the research says about loneliness, leadership and long-term health
Why senior women are often the loneliest, and what to do about it
Practical ways to protect connection, even when life feels too full
If you’ve ever felt guilty for prioritising friendships, or isolated as life and work have intensified, this episode offers a powerful reframe.
Connection isn’t indulgent.
It’s survival.
Today, I’m unpacking what I call the “stress superstorm”, the collision of biology, beliefs and bias that are leaving so many ambitious women depleted, overwhelmed and quietly wondering why everything feels harder than it used to.
This episode was inspired by a very ordinary Tuesday in my life. A 2:27 am wake-up, a racing mind, forgotten school events, relentless notifications and a keynote to deliver on very little sleep. It wasn’t dramatic. It was familiar. And that’s the problem.
In this episode, I explain why stress itself isn’t the enemy, in fact, in short bursts, stress can sharpen performance and focus.
I also explore why women feel this more intensely in midlife and that fact that this isn’t weakness, it’s physiology meeting an unsustainable system.
Most importantly, I share practical ways to calm the storm. We talk about building stress adaptability, reducing the digital drip, and recovering on purpose so stress becomes something you can work with, not something that erodes you.
Stress isn’t the villain.
Left unresolved, it drains you but harnessed wisely, it sharpens you.
In this episode of Spacious Success, I share the personal story that changed everything. The moment my body pulled the emergency brake.
I will take you back to a time that on the surface I was coping but underneath, years of chronic stress, poor recovery, and relentless pressure were quietly eroding my health, until I landed in a hospital’s Code Red ward.
In this episode, I’ll introduce you to the Success Tax, a hidden cost many ambitious women pay when achievement outpaces biology. You’ll also learn:
The subtle warning signs of burnout most women ignore
Why ambition without recovery is a biological dead end
How I rebuilt my life using recovery rituals, biometric data, and support
Why success should never require a hospital bed to get your attention
This episode is a wake-up call for any woman who feels depleted, disconnected, or like a low-resolution version of herself. Spacious success isn’t about doing less, it’s about living and leading in a way that sustains your health, your relationships, and your future.
In the first official episode of Spacious Success, I share the deeply personal story behind why I finally launched this podcast. Years of deferring this project, hidden behind busy schedules, work priorities, and life’s demands, came to a turning point with the sudden loss of my trusted team colleague and friend, Karen.
Through Karen’s life and legacy, I explore the powerful lesson that “someday” isn’t guaranteed. I reflect on the cost of deferring joy, health, and meaningful moments, and introduce the concept of the “success tax”. The hidden price high-achieving women often pay when achievement erodes wellbeing, peace, and relationships.
This Podcast is for ambitious, accomplished women who want to redefine success on their own terms, without burnout, overwhelm, or self-sacrifice.
I invite you to consider what spacious success could look like in your own life and how to start living intentionally, protecting your energy, and prioritising the moments that matter most.
Welcome to Spacious Success, the podcast for ambitious women who are ready to achieve more while sacrificing less. I'm Dr. Kristy Goodwin, neuro-performance scientist, speaker, author, executive coach and mum. And I know firsthand how success can come with a hidden tax on your sleep, energy, health or relationships. Burnout once landed me in the hospital, hooked up to a ventilator, unable to breathe. That wake-up call forced me to redefine what high performance really looks like, and now I help women like you lead at the top without sacrificing everything that matters. Know this: You’re not broken. You're just living in a system that wasn't designed for your biology.
Each week, I'll share stories from my life and the ambitious women I coach, decode the science of what's really happening in your human operating system (your HOS), and give you practical tools to work with your biology, not against it. We'll tackle the stress superstorms so many women face, explore why female friendships are biological buffers and debunk the myths burning us out. You'll discover the small, science-backed shifts that move you from code red living to becoming a high-res human.
Success isn't just about what you accomplish. It's about how you live while you accomplish it. Join me on this journey where high performance meets well-being, because you deserve to live fully while achieving great things.
Welcome to Spacious Success, the podcast for ambitious women who are ready to achieve more while sacrificing less. I'm Dr. Kristy Goodwin, neuro-performance scientist, speaker, author, executive coach and mum. And I know firsthand how success can come with a hidden tax on your sleep, energy, health or relationships. Burnout once landed me in hospital, hooked up to a ventilator, unable to breathe. That wake-up call forced me to redefine what high performance really looks like, and now I help women like you lead at the top without sacrificing everything that matters. Know this: You’re not broken. You're just living in a system that wasn't designed for your biology.
Each week, I'll share stories from my life and the ambitious women I coach, decode the science of what's really happening in your human operating system (your HOS), and give you practical tools to work with your biology, not against it. We'll tackle the stress superstorms so many women face, explore why female friendships are biological buffers and debunk the myths burning us out. You'll discover the small, science-backed shifts that move you from code red living to becoming a high-res human.
Success isn't just about what you accomplish. It's about how you live while you accomplish it. Join me on this journey where high performance meets well-being, because you deserve to live fully while achieving great things.
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