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Re-Imagine Success Podcast

Burnout ends here. Redefining work, worth, and what really matters.

What if success wasn’t something you chased but something you redesigned? Welcome to Re-Imagine Success, the podcast for ambitious, overworked professionals who are done performing hustle culture and ready to rewrite the rules. Hosted by Nabeela Elsayed a former C-suite executive turned leadership advisor and burnout rebel, this show dives deep into the messy truth behind achievement, productivity, and the modern obsession with being “on” all the time. Each week, we unravel the burnout loop,

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57:09

The Gift of Struggle: Why Your Biggest Setbacks Might...

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2025/11/18

What if your hardest moments weren’t setbacks — but preparation? In this powerful conversation, Nabeela Elsayed sits down with Bobby Herrera, author of The Gift of Struggle, to unpack how adversity shapes purpose, leadership, and character. Bobby shares the unforgettable story of a stranger’s kindness on a basketball bus that changed the trajectory of his life — and how that single act led him to build a multi-hundred-million-dollar company rooted in community, compassion, and gratitude. Together,

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58:19

"I Want My Husband Back": When Success Starts...

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2025/10/31

Chester Elton: From Workaholic to Gratitude Guru "I want my husband back. This isn't who you are." Sometimes the most important career advice comes from the people who love us most. In this powerful conversation, Nabeela sits down with Chester Elton—bestselling author, executive coach, and the "Apostle of Appreciation"—to explore his journey from competitive workaholic to gratitude expert, and why he believes no success in business can compensate for failure at home. About Re-Imagine Success: A

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Two Years Ago I Left the C-Suite. Here's What I've...

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2025/10/18

Welcome to Re-Imagine Success: Why This Movement Matters Now "My trauma response was not fight or flight—it was work or flight." In this inaugural episode, Nabeela introduces the Re-Imagine Success movement and shares her deeply personal journey from C-suite executive to recovering workaholic. Recorded from a hotel room in Atlanta, this raw, unfiltered conversation sets the stage for a podcast that will challenge everything you think you know about work, ambition, and achievement. About Re-Imagine

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45:32

Parental Burnout | Dr. Samaiya Mushtaq (A...

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2025/10/01

Parental Burnout Explored: A Psychiatrist's Take on the Crisis Is parenting work? Should it be compensated? And how do you know if you've crossed from normal exhaustion into dangerous burnout territory? In this essential conversation, Nabeela sits down with Dr. Samya Mushtaq—psychiatrist, mental health advocate, and author of The Middle Path—for an uncensored discussion about the parental burnout crisis that's affecting nearly half of all parents. About Re-Imagine Success: A movement challenging

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14:32

Parenting is a Sacred Act, But You're not Superhuman

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2025/09/19

Parenting: The Sacred Act We're Failing to Support"How do you do it all?" It's the question every working parent gets asked, and it's really a white flag—a quiet cry for help from parents drowning under impossible expectations. In this deeply personal episode, Nabeela unpacks the alarming findings from the US Surgeon General's "Parents Under Pressure" report and shares her own journey through two decades of parenting across different financial circumstances.About Re-Imagine Success: A movement

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The Phantom Jury

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2025/09/12

Whose Voice is Steering Your Life?What if some of the voices shaping your biggest decisions aren't even real? In this eye-opening episode, Nabeela shares three powerful client stories about "phantom voices"—the imaginary opinions that keep us stuck, second-guessing, and living for approval that doesn't even exist. Learn the simple 2-question framework that separates whispers from wisdom and helps you make decisions with clarity and confidence.About Re-Imagine Success: A movement challenging toxic

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13:17

Burnout or Just Exhaustion? How to Tell the Difference

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2025/09/08

Burnout or Just Exhaustion? How to Tell the Difference"Burnout is what happens when you try to avoid being human for too long." - Michael GungorIn this critical episode, Nabeela explores one of the most important questions facing modern professionals: How do you know if you're just tired or dealing with something more serious?Sparked by a conversation with a client experiencing heavy fogginess and persistent fatigue, this episode dives deep into the differences between normal exhaustion and clinical

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11:38

Stop Thinking Executive Presence Is a Gift — It’s a...

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2025/09/01

“Executive presence isn’t about commanding a room in someone else’s style — it’s about owning your presence and letting it work for you.”The Lesson I Didn’t See Coming in Laguna BeachEarly in my career I found myself in Laguna Beach, California, sitting in a small executive presence training called The Power of Your Presence. I wasn’t even supposed to be there- I was literally there by chance because my boss had to cancel at the last minute, and I went in his place. At the time, I was a Director

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13:02

Prepare for an Interview Like You Would Prepare for a...

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2025/08/23

"If the thought of preparing drains you, imagine doing the job every day."-Nabeela ElsayedThis is the third article in my Career Transitions and Decisions Series. In the previous articles, we laid the groundwork with two foundational steps: first, zooming out to gain a big-picture overview of your life and career landscape and second, turning inward for a deep dive into introspection so you could align what you want in life. If you missed the first two articles in this series, you can listen or read

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58:27

Mentor Hour | Live Q&A About the Dizzying Career...

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2025/08/12

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Pause Before You Pivot | Step 2

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2025/08/05

Any type of success that is not sustainable is just a delayed failure. - Nabeela ElsayedThis article is part two of a three-part career advice series. If you missed last week’s article, you can find it here. In this week’s article, we are going to focus on step two, which is all about the process of introspection in a career transition or major life decision.Have you ever created a plan for your life?Not a business plan, a workout regime, or a five-year career development roadmap but a real plan for

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Should I stay or Should I Go: Step 1

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2025/07/28

“Fear is the price of admission to a meaningful life. But preparation? That’s your power.” - Nabeela Elsayed This week’s article was inspired by a question I got in our community chat: Noha asked what is by far one of the most common questions I get from most professionals today: Should I stay or should I go? What steps should someone take to prepare for a career transition?How do you manage the fear and still take action? I will answer this question in a multi-part series of articles. Unlike many

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9:37

I Tried to Build an App with AI and it Ended Up...

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2025/07/18

“You can’t ignore or outrun a wave. You either ride it or it knocks you flat.”-Nabeela ElsayedBack when I worked at IKEA, the founder, Ingvar Kamprad, famously made a bold declaration:“People are not going to buy furniture sitting on the toilet.”He meant it. He didn’t believe people wanted to sit on the toilet and shop for a couch. And because of that belief, for years, he resisted IKEA’s evolution into an e-commerce retail giant. Despite his brilliance as a business leader, he genuinely believed

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10:33

Should You Be Loud About Your Boundaries or Keep Them...

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2025/07/08

“We’re told to take care of ourselves, but rewarded for burning out quietly. That’s not a culture of wellbeing. That’s a contradiction we’ve normalized.”— Nabeela ElsayedWhen I started at IKEA, I didn’t know how to log off.I had come from a traditional American corporate culture where success was synonymous with self-sacrifice. First one in. Last one out. Inbox always open. Vacation days unused.So when I entered a workplace where leaders openly took four-week holidays and didn’t check in once, I

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8:03

Unlearning Distance

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2025/06/30

“You can’t reclaim what you won’t admit you’ve lost.”— Nabeela ElsayedI’ve travelled to 48 countries and counting. Travel has always been more than leisure for me; it’s a spiritual act. A reminder that we are, in fact, travelers through this temporary life. From South America to the South Pacific and everything in between, travelling has always been my way of stirring the soul and awakening the senses.But my recent three-week journey through the Middle East, in particular, felt different. Not

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The Tension Trap: Why Leading Today Feels So Hard...

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2025/06/23

“Leadership today isn’t about balance, it’s about staying upright in motion. It’s about knowing when to pivot, when to pause, and when to push forward.” — Nabeela ElsayedIf you're a leader in the workplace today, chances are, you're tired.Not just tired in the “I need more sleep” way, but tired in the deeper, more complicated way, like your nervous system has been in a tug-of-war for too long. Like your mind is juggling five priorities while your heart is quietly breaking over decisions that feel

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10:04

Nafsi Ta'bani: When the Soul is Tired

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2025/06/11

"You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body."— C.S. LewisA Sacred Phrase, A Deeper AcheI recently coached a client who used a phrase that reached deeper than the normal language of burnout. Like me, she’s Lebanese, and her parents immigrated to Canada to offer her and her siblings a better future. And like many of us who carry the hopes of a generation on our backs, she did everything right. She got married, raised three remarkable children, earned an education, and built a successful

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10:16

How to Stay Standing When the Ground Keeps Shifting

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2025/05/23

“The ground will keep shifting. What matters is not how still it stays, but how well we build to move with it.” — Nabeela ElsayedOne of the hardest days in my career came when IKEA announced it would be laying off 7,500 people worldwide. I was leading the retail and digital transformation office in Malmö at the time. It was a period of immense pressure, responsibility, and emotion.In an unconventional but courageous move, IKEA’s global leadership team chose full transparency. Rather than dragging

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7:31

This Is Your Brain on 55-Hour Workweeks

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2025/05/16

“Overworking isn’t just ineffective, it’s altering our brains.”Growing up in the 90s, there was this famous commercial that aired on repeat, it was part of a campaign by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. If you’re an ‘80s or ‘90s baby, you probably have the tagline stuck in your head.This is drugs… this is your brain on drugs… any questions? The scene opens with a pan of hot oil. A voice says, “This is drugs.” Then an egg is cracked into the oil, sizzles violently, and the voice declares:

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10:39

Failure Isn't The Opposite of Success

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2025/05/09

“Some failures sting. Some scar. Some set us free. The work is in knowing which is which.” - Nabeela ElsayedI was recently coaching someone who struggled with communicating upward. They expressed to me that when it came to leading and managing their team, they had confidence, they could connect, they could motivate- but when they were put in a room with someone more senior, they froze.The individual went on to share that their confidence was significantly different when dealing with someone more

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