Project Joyful

In our final episode of 2025, we close the year with something most leaders rarely give themselves: a spacious, grounded moment to breathe. This conversation is a gentle exhale. A remembering. A subtle but powerful...

As we close out this year, today's episode offers a gentler kind of leadership conversation. A spacious one. The kind that invites you to pause and notice the quiet truth that often arrives before you name it. You have...

As the year begins its gentle descent, your body starts preparing for completion long before your calendar does. Yet your mind, especially the part of you shaped by professionalism and responsibility, may still be...

In this Herbal Ally episode, Medical Herbalist, Tracy Tutty, explores one of her favourite seasonal herbs, Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum). As we enter the season of more, with more celebration, more travel, and more...

When calm feels out of reach, it's not a lack of willpower. It's biology. In this episode, Tracy Tutty explores why high-achieving women often equate movement with safety, and how to teach your nervous system that...

So, how are you, really? In this episode of Project Joyful, Tracy Tutty explores what happens when your brilliance outpaces your biology. We look at the subtle ways high-performing women say "I'm fine" while their...

You don't need a sabbatical - you need a nervous system that trusts your success. If you've ever felt the quiet edge beneath achievement - the sleepless nights, the inbox brace, the holiday cold that hits the moment you...

In this episode of Project Joyful, Tracy Tutty explores herbal approaches to stimulating GLP-1 - a key metabolic hormone widely known through medications like Ozempic. But there's more to this story than injectables...

You're brilliant at staying calm under pressure. But what happens when your body doesn't feel calm - even when everything on the outside looks fine? In this episode, Tracy dives into the neuroscience behind the...

In this episode, Tracy continues the series on The Hidden Costs of High Performance with a powerful and deeply personal exploration of what it means to be "The Reliable One." High-performing women are often the first to...

High-performing women often hold the emotional weight of their teams and organisations - quietly, constantly, and at great personal cost. In this episode, Tracy Tutty dives deep into the hidden world of emotional labour...

Are you using your strategic brilliance to hide? In this episode of the Project Joyful podcast, Tracy Tutty explores how high-level thinking can quietly become emotional avoidance - especially for high-performing women...

In this episode of Project Joyful, Tracy Tutty, Neuro-Identity Coach and Medical Herbalist, explores the adaptogenic power of Schisandra chinensis. Traditionally known as the "five-flavour berry," Schisandra has long...

What if your sharpness didn't have to come at the cost of your sanity? What if your power didn't have to spike, crash, and burn? In this episode, we're reimagining what high performance actually looks like - beyond the...

If you've ever found yourself holding back in meetings, hesitating before giving feedback, or wondering why praise feels more awkward than affirming… this episode is for you. Today, we're talking about the quiet...

You said you trusted them. You handed over the work. And yet - there you are, rewriting the Board paper or adjusting the PowerPoint "just a little." This episode is for the high-achieving woman who can't stop touching...

If your leadership edge feels dulled by constant overdrive, you're not alone. In this episode of Project Joyful, medical herbalist, Tracy Tutty, introduces you to one of her favourite herbal allies - Gotu Kola. Known...

You're sleeping, but you're not resting. You're performing, but you're not leading. This is the exhaustion your to-do list can't fix. In this episode, we're unpacking a version of tired that goes far deeper than sleep...

Welcome to Project Joyful 's 200th episode! 🎉 Whether you've been here from the start or just tuned in - thank you. We're celebrating this milestone with a conversation that hits at the core of high performance: why...

What happens when being the reliable one - the safe pair of hands - starts to feel anything but safe? In this episode of Project Joyful, Tracy Tutty explores the hidden cost of high performance and the subconscious...

Think you're just being thorough? You might be running on identity fatigue. In this episode of Project Joyful, Tracy explores the subtle ways control masquerades as leadership—and how that pattern slowly depletes your...

Reishi isn't just trendy - it's transformational. Discover how this herbal ally helped Tracy move from burnout to steady brilliance in leadership and life. Reishi ( Ganoderma lucidum ) is more than a wellness trend. For...

You walk into the room like you own it—because 99.9% of the time, you do. But what about that 0.1%? The tiny pause before approving a decision. The over-polishing of your presentation. The tension when someone else...

You pride yourself on being composed, competent, and in control. But what if the tension you're carrying isn't just yours? What if your leadership is being quietly shaped by emotions you haven't even had time to feel?...

Feeling worn out from all the decisions you have to make as a leader? You might think it's decision fatigue… but what if it's something deeper? In this episode, we explore identity fatigue —the hidden cost of high...