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"When you overcome your business challenges at the expense of your own mental and physical health, you’re effectively subsidising it with an emotional overdraft. You’re dipping into your personal reserves to keep the company going, and if you do it for too long, you eventually run out of credit."

Andy Brown

Exploring Emotional Overdraft

Hosted by Andy Brown, business coach and best-selling author of The Emotional Overdraft, the Exploring Emotional Overdraft podcast dives into the emotional realities of leadership and entrepreneurship. Through candid, thought-provoking conversations with business founders and leaders, Andy unpacks the hidden costs of success and offers fresh perspectives on how to thrive without sacrificing personal wellbeing.

What You’ll Discover

  • Insights into how leaders manage their emotional overdraft.
  • Stories of resilience, vulnerability, and growth from business founders.
  • The personal challenges and triumphs behind professional success.
  • Practical lessons to help you foster a healthier relationship with your business and yourself.
Recent Podcasts

Andy Brown’s Exploring Emotional Overdraft – The Podcast

Hosted by Andy Brown, Exploring Emotional Overdraft Podcast is a series of honest, entertaining and thought-provoking conversations with business founders and leaders, exploring their relationship with their own emotional overdraft, the challenges they face in their businesses and valuable lessons they’ve learnt along the way. Listen to all episodes.

Listen now on Apple Podcast

Listen now on Amazon Music

Listen now on Apple Podcast

Listen now on Amazon Music

Listen now on Apple Podcast

Listen now on Amazon Music

Further Reading and Listening

The Inside Out Revolution by Michael Neill
The Inside Out Revolution by Michael Neill This could be the emotional overdraft primer. I’ve been lucky enough to explore the three principles with many people, but Michael Neill’s book is still my definitive go to. If the idea of thinking driving your feelings which drive your behaviours and outcomes resonated with you, read this book.
Connect by
Connect by David Bradford and Carole Robin – an astonishing book about building personal relationships by two of the world’s best. It could be the most valuable book you read about connecting with other people you ever read.
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter by Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeownThis is the book that opened my eyes to my leadership shortcomings. I thought I was pretty good until I realized I was an “accidental diminisher”. I was mortified, but I did something about it. 10 years later, here’s my own book!
Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss
Never Split the Difference by Chris VossNot an obvious choice for emotional overdraft reading, but I think there are some great lessons in this fascinating book about understanding motivations and priorities. It’s a great read and will help anyone who ever has to negotiate (that’s all of us).
Dare to Lead by Brene Brown
Dare to Lead by Brene BrownSheryl Sandberg said it better than me “This book is a road map for anyone who wants to lead mindfully, live bravely, and dare to lead”. I love her idea of “rumbling with vulnerability”. If you are serious about reducing your emotional overdraft, this book will help.
Beyond Busy (Podcast) by Graham Allcott
Beyond Busy (Podcast) by Graham AllcottGraham has moved on to exploring kindness in business, but the Beyond Busy back catalog is a gold mine of advice and ideas for becoming more effective and productive. This is a quick way to pay back some of your emotional overdraft and change some behaviours forever.
Changeable by Dr Amy Johnson (Podcast)
Changeable by Dr Amy Johnson (Podcast) if you can understand the psychology behind change, it will be easier to change your own behaviours. And changing behaviour is a critical component of permanently reducing your emotional overdraft. These podcasts are fascinating
How to Start a Movement by Derek Sivers (Video)
How to Start a Movement by Derek Sivers (Video) I have lost track of the number of times I have recommended this sub-3 minute video to people. It’s a tiny work of genius that everyone who watches it benefits from. I couldn’t not share it with you.
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