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Free to Be Mindful Podcast
End of Year Overwhelm for High-Achieving Women │ Ep320
September 29, 2026
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320
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End of year overwhelm for high-achieving women, and how to handle the last quarter at work and at home, from licensed therapist Vanessa De Jesus Guzman.
End of year overwhelm for high-achieving women is something I see every Q4, when work deadlines and holiday stress hit in the same week. As a licensed therapist, I talk about why Q4 feels so heavy and how letting go of end of year goals that no longer fit can protect us from burnout during the busiest season of the year.
What You'll Learn
✅ Why Q4 at work and Q4 at home become two sprints that nobody else sees in full
✅ How the pressure to set New Year's goals catches up with us in the last quarter
✅ Two ways to tell whether a goal still fits, starting with how you'd feel crossing it off unfinished
✅ How to reshape a goal into a smaller version you'll actually keep
✅ A simple way to sort end of year goals into what you'll finish, what moves to next year, and what you're done carrying
✅ A guided reflection to find and protect time for yourself on your calendar this season
Chapters
00:00 Q4 Reality Check
00:40 Welcome And Busy Season
02:21 Workload Meets Home Life
04:13 Goals And Q4 Pressure
05:40 Keep Or Drop Goals
07:25 Resize The Goal
08:28 Support And Coaching
08:43 Schedule Time For You
10:28 Final Encouragement
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ABOUT ME
I'm Vanessa, the therapist who helps high-achieving adults become the best version of themselves, not just at work, but in the rooms that matter most. I host the Free to Be Mindful Podcast, named the #1 Latino Mental Health Podcast in 2026 by Feedspot.
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End of Year Overwhelm for High Achieving Women | Ep320
Vanessa: [00:00:00] Beginning October 1st, there are about 90-some days of the year left, and if you're anything like me, you've already mentally assigned about 300 things to them. And I'd bet very few of those 300 things actually belong for you.
Vanessa: You're listening to the Free To Be Mindful podcast, the space for high-achieving women who give their best to everyone and are ready to keep some of it for themselves. I'm Vanessa, licensed therapist, speaker, and mom coach. I know what it takes to build a life you're proud of without losing yourself in the process.
Vanessa: Each week, we get honest about ambition, identity, and the parts of ourselves that we quietly set aside. Here we go
Vanessa: Hello and welcome to episode 320 of the Free to Be Mindful podcast. I hope you're feeling good, looking good, and doing better in this world than you were yesterday.
Vanessa: So my birthday was last week, and every year it's the thing that kicks off the busiest stretch of my entire year.