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...
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Nov 12, 2026 · 31:04
What if pausing is the most ambitious move you could make this year? Kristy set a stretch target of 1,500 responses for her gender capacity gap survey. By the Monday after it was…
Nov 5, 2026 · 20:16
What if the most important health data you have isn’t on your wrist? One morning I woke up feeling fabulous. Then I opened my recovery data, saw a score in the red, and within 30…
Oct 29, 2026 · 1:00:54
What if the hardest part of your day is not the work, but the walk from your car to your front door? One CEO caught a glimpse of his children running from the room when they…
Oct 22, 2026 · 20:58
What if the edge you are looking for is the basic you keep skipping? A senior leader came to a coaching call wanting one thing: the single move that would fix her fractured…
Oct 15, 2026 · 45:04
What if flexibility isn’t something women should have to earn, but something work should have been designed around all along? When Marilla Akkermans returned to work in 2018, she…
Oct 8, 2026 · 22:21
What if the exhaustion you’ve been hiding isn’t yours to carry alone, but a pattern with a name? For almost two years, Kristy has been having the identical conversation with…
Oct 1, 2026 · 1:02:27
What if it feels impossible not because you are doing it wrong, but because nobody built the road? It rarely arrives as a crisis. It arrives as a calendar change: a gala day…
Sep 24, 2026 · 21:10
What if the exhaustion you can't explain isn't one problem, but two, and nobody has named them together yet? Kristy had been circling the same question for months: why were so…
Sep 17, 2026 · 43:15
What if you were never supposed to bounce back at all? Amanda Delosa built her career telling other people's stories. She has shaped public narratives inside the Federal…
Sep 10, 2026 · 9:56
What if the friend who never needs checking on is exactly the one who does? Every one of us has met someone who looks like they have it completely together. Capable. Composed.…
Sep 3, 2026 · 1:02:06
What if your health was never meant to be the reward for the work, but the infrastructure it runs on? Amanda Stevens met Kristy in a Zoom room in the middle of 2020, when the…
Aug 27, 2026 · 14:41
What if the real bottleneck in your AI rollout isn't the technology at all? Somewhere in your organisation this week, someone signed off on another piece of AI software. Another…
Aug 20, 2026 · 1:02:35
What if the rest you keep waiting to earn is actually something your biology is owed right now? Lisa Corduff met Kristy back in 2012, in the early days of online business school,…
Aug 13, 2026 · 17:15
What if the exhaustion you keep trying to fix with sleep is not a flaw, but the honest cost of a life you chose? There are no research papers stacked up in this one. No tables.…
Aug 6, 2026 · 41:22
What if the exhaustion isn’t a workload problem, but the cost of performing a steadiness you don’t feel? Most leaders can tell you their revenue, their utilisation and their…
Jul 30, 2026 · 18:51
What if your fractured focus was never yours to fix? That question lands differently once you see who is most worried about it. Not the women navigating menopause. Not the ones…
Jul 23, 2026 · 48:07
What if the exhaustion isn't a time problem, but a nervous-system one? That question lands differently when you're a senior leader who has held it all together for years, and…
Jul 16, 2026 · 16:14
If your brain has felt unfamiliar in recent years, this episode is for you. Dr Kristy Goodwin unpacks the ADHD and perimenopause collision: why so many high-performing women hit…
Jul 9, 2026 · 52:02
Why do so many high-functioning women hold it together all day, then unravel somewhere between the front door and dinner preparation? In this episode, Dr Kristy sits down with…
Jul 2, 2026 · 15:36
You can manage your time, set your boundaries, take the holiday, and still find that you cannot switch off. In this episode, Dr Kristy unpacks why so many high-achievers keep…
Jun 25, 2026 · 44:37
What if confidence was never the thing holding women back? In this episode, Dr Kristy Goodwin sits down with digital safety expert, speaker and former police officer Yasmin…
Jun 18, 2026 · 12:49
Why does a messy house feel like a personal failing for so many women, even when their partner insists no one cares? In this episode I unpack the research on mess perception,…
Jun 11, 2026 · 44:55
Taryn Brumfitt has reached more than 200 million people with one message: your body is not the problem. As the 2023 Australian of the Year, founder of the Embrace Movement and…
Jun 4, 2026 · 18:58
There is a thought that many high-performing women have quietly entertained, and almost never say out loud. Sometimes I wish I could just get sick for a week. Not seriously. Just…
May 28, 2026 · 58:02
Amelia Phillips is a sports scientist, nutritionist, bestselling author, and co-founder of the Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation. For over two decades she has worked…
May 21, 2026 · 18:09
You have probably noticed it. One quick prompt becomes eleven. You close the tab forty-five minutes later with that particular hollowness that follows too long on a screen. And…
May 14, 2026 · 44:35
Behind every polished exterior is a story worth telling. Tory Archbold built one of Australia's most successful PR agencies, representing global names including Drew Barrymore,…
May 7, 2026 · 19:39
Smart, successful women are half-joking about becoming trad wives. And while the joke gets a laugh, the data behind it is not funny at all. In this episode, I want to challenge…
Apr 30, 2026 · 40:47
What does success really look like when you strip away the titles, the pressure and the constant push for more? In this episode, I sit down with Andrea, Sydney Managing Partner…
Apr 23, 2026 · 10:21
I used to think distraction was a discipline problem. That I just needed to try harder, be better, be more focused. But one moment changed everything. In this episode, I share a…
Apr 16, 2026 · 12:31
The cold plunge trend is everywhere right now… but is it actually right for women? In this episode of Spacious Success, we unpack the science behind cold exposure and why what…
Apr 10, 2026 · 16:51
Why does sleep suddenly feel so hard? If you’re waking at 2:22 a.m. with a racing mind, lying there exhausted but wired, this episode will feel uncomfortably familiar and deeply…
Apr 2, 2026 · 58:19
What if the story you’ve been told about your brain…. is wrong? In this episode, I sit down with neuroscientist and science communicator Dr Sarah McKay to unpack what’s really…
Mar 26, 2026 · 10:33
We’ve been sold a productivity myth for decades. If you want to get more done you should multitask. Juggle more. Move faster. But neuroscience tells a very different story. In…
Mar 19, 2026 · 11:18
In this episode, I’m unpacking what’s referred to as the “Performance Paradox” and why so many high-achieving women are doing all the “right” high-performance habits and still…
Mar 12, 2026 · 10:29
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…
Mar 5, 2026 · 41:12
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…
Feb 26, 2026 · 16:52
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…
Feb 26, 2026 · 8:55
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…
Feb 26, 2026 · 17:42
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…
Feb 26, 2026 · 14:25
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…
Feb 26, 2026 · 3:07
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,…
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