Episode Details
Back to Episodes
The Power of the Pause: Creating a Life Beyond Work with Lindsay Barnett (E218)
Description
This week on Bookish Flights, I’m joined by Lindsay Barnett, workplace experience strategist, coach, speaker, and author of Working Hell to Working Well: Making Your Company Work For You. We talk about career reinvention, burnout, identity, and what it looks like to create a life where work supports you instead of consuming you. Lindsay shares her journey from moving to Australia without a clear plan to discovering the through-line that connected all the different chapters of her career. Together, we explore why so many people, especially military spouses and anyone navigating seasons of change, can feel stuck in constant reinvention and how small intentional actions can begin creating meaningful change.
This conversation is practical, encouraging, and full of reminders that work is only one part of a full life.
Episode Highlights:
- Why “work-life harmony” matters more than work-life balance
- The power of small actions and intentional pauses
- Career reinvention and starting over in different seasons of life
- How burnout often disconnects us from our own needs
- Recognizing the through-lines in your personal and professional journey
- Building a life that prioritizes flexibility, family, and fulfillment
Connect with Lindsay:
- Our Kind of Club website
- Purchase Working Hell to Working Well: Making Your Company Work for You
Some links are affiliate links, which are no extra cost to you but do help to support the show.
Books and authors mentioned in the episode:
- Isabel Allende books
- Dan Brown books
- Leadership Embodiment by Wendy Palmer
- Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman
- Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Book Flight
- The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker
- The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness by Dr. Kelly Harding
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The BFF Book Club is becoming a family affair! ❤️ This our FREE virtual book club, where we read together each month and have live author chats.
Each Family Book Flight pairs our BFF Book Club pick with:
- One chapter book for growing readers
- One picture book for our littlest readers
- A few family conversation starters + a simple activity
Three books. One common theme.
→ Join us here: https://bookishflights.kit.com/bfffamily
Be sure to join the Bookish Flights community on social media. Happy listening!