S2: Episode 6

If you feel broken, exhausted, or even weirdly resentful of your own success, this episode will hit home.

 

Jesse Favre and Mary Pat Jacobs unpack the hidden cost of overfunctioning and show why high-achieving women often mistake burnout, urgency, and self-doubt for “just how life is.”

 

Mary Pat, an iPEC Certified Professional Coach and Kolbe Certified™ Consultant, explains what overfunctioning actually looks like in real life - rushing through every task, carrying everything alone, and waking up one day wondering how you got so depleted. Together, they trace the stories underneath it all: why asking for help feels risky, why “should” thinking keeps you trapped, and why the search for purpose can become exhausting in itself.

 

You’ll discover:

• Why asking for help can feel like an admission of failure, even when it strengthens relationships

• How overfunctioning shows up as chaos, frenetic energy, and a constant hamster wheel of tasks

• The difference between a presenting problem and the real root issue in coaching

• Why slowing down, saying no, and protecting your boundaries can feel uncomfortable at first

• How urgency gets manufactured in workplaces and homes, and why it keeps people burned out

 

​They also break down the ripple effect of this work - from the emotional and physical toll of peeling back layers to the shift that happens when someone moves from depletion into sufficiency.

 

Mary Pat shares how she helps clients recognize the stories they tell themselves, challenge imaginary delegation, and co-create clearer team norms around response times, focus time, and expectations.

 

If you’re a leader, a high achiever, or someone who’s tired of living in constant emergency mode, this conversation offers a more sustainable way forward. It’s a reminder that you are not broken - you may just need support, clarity, and permission to stop overfunctioning.

 

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