294: You Don’t Need Another Plan - You Need a System That Holds You
Release Date: 05/17/2025
314: Carrying Everything in Your Head? Here’s How to Get 10 Hours Back
The Organised CEO Podcast
Are you exhausted from carrying every task, deadline, and decision in your head? In this episode, I share why this pattern keeps even the most successful founders stuck in survival mode, and how to free up 10+ hours a week without sacrificing quality. We’ll dive into: The hidden costs of being your business’s “project manager” The 3 mindset traps keeping you reactive instead of strategic Practical steps to reclaim your mental bandwidth and protect your energy If you’re ready to stop being essential to everything and start being essential to the right things, this episode will...
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313: Stop Avoiding Hard Decisions: Your CEO Move for This Week
The Organised CEO Podcast
This week's CEO Move is about leading through difficult moments with courage, not avoidance. If you're delaying that hard conversation, managing around broken processes, or hoping team issues will resolve themselves, this episode is for you. I'm pulling cards through my Organised CEO Method to show you how to stop being a reactive leader and start being a strategic one. You'll learn how to make difficult decisions with clarity, systematize vision during tough seasons, and transform challenges into growth opportunities. Perfect for ambitious founders ready to step back from being essential to...
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312: The Hidden Time Leaks That Are Draining Your Business
The Organised CEO Podcast
Feeling capped despite consistent revenue and happy clients? You're not alone. In this episode, I break down the three hidden time leaks that keep successful founders trapped in reactive mode instead of scaling strategically. We'll explore why your communication systems, social media habits, and delegation approaches might be working against you - plus the nervous system science behind why being "always on" prevents the strategic thinking required for growth. You'll walk away with my proven Structure → Systems → Scale framework and practical steps to plug your biggest leaks immediately....
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311: Stop Being the Business Therapist: Your CEO Move for This Week
The Organised CEO Podcast
Welcome to the very first episode of The CEO Move - your weekly strategic hit for founders ready to stop being essential to everything. This week's focus: King of Cups energy. Stop being the emotional mop, start being the strategic anchor. In this episode, I break down your weekly moves through my Organised CEO Method: Structure: Stop firefighting and focus on foundations Systems: Set up now what creates capacity later Scale: Grow by deepening what already works If you've been feeling like the business therapist - constantly managing everyone's emotions and crises - this is your roadmap to...
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310: How to Stop Your Business Feeling Relentless (and What My Son Starting School Taught Me About Freedom)
The Organised CEO Podcast
Relentless. That’s the word a founder used to describe her weeks, and it hit me right in the gut, because I’ve been there too. If your business feels like constant admin, scattered focus, and guilt every time you log off, this episode will show you why it’s happening, and what to do about it. I’ll share the shift that changed everything for me as my son started school: moving from being the operating system to building one that actually holds me. You’ll hear real client stories of delegation, burnout recovery, and the hidden costs of being “essential to everything.” You’ll walk...
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309: How to Plan Your Next 90 Days Like a CEO (Without Burning Out)
The Organised CEO Podcast
Book your free Time Freedom Audit call here: If you’re planning your next 90 days the same way you planned the last, you’re about to repeat the same cycle: overbooked calendar, scattered focus, and another quarter that leaves you exhausted instead of accomplished. Most founders make the same mistake: they plan like they have unlimited time and perfect circumstances. Real CEOs plan with strategy and reality. In this episode of The Organised CEO, I share my 6-part CEO Planning Process - the exact framework I use inside my Make It Happen Collective retreats to help ambitious founders...
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308: Why You Feel Scattered Despite Your Success (+ The Protected Hour That Changes Everything)
The Organised CEO Podcast
Feeling scattered despite your success? Making hundreds of micro-decisions daily but never having space for the strategic thinking that transforms your business? You're not alone. In this episode, I'm sharing the one protected hour that changes everything - CEO Thinking Time. This isn't another productivity hack. It's about creating space for the pattern recognition moments that only happen when you step away from reactive mode. You'll learn: Why decision fatigue keeps you scattered (and how to break the cycle) The exact framework for strategic thinking sessions that actually work How to...
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307: Weekly CEO Download: What to Focus on This Week (August 18-24th 2025)
The Organised CEO Podcast
You're drowning in your own success and you don't even realise it. If you can't take a sick day without three fires starting, or you're lying awake thinking about everything that could go wrong - this episode will change everything. This week's energy is PERFECT for building systems that actually work. I'm breaking down exactly why you're still the glue holding everything together in your six-figure business, and the one strategic shift that creates space to breathe instead of constantly react. Plus: The 'Quick Question' Audit that shows you exactly where you're bleeding time and energy, how...
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306: The Sick-Day Test: Could Your Business Run Without You?
The Organised CEO Podcast
What happens when you can't show up for your business? If taking one sick day means everything falls apart, you're not running a business - you're being run by it. In this episode, I walk you through the five-question Sick-Day Test that reveals exactly where your business would break if you stepped away. Plus, you'll discover how to build a business operating system that works whether you're there or not. You'll learn: The 5 critical questions that expose your business bottlenecks Why being "essential" to everything is actually expensive burnout waiting to happen My Structure → Systems →...
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305: Weekly CEO Download: What to Focus on This Week (August 11-17 2025)
The Organised CEO Podcast
This week's cosmic intel for successful founders: Mercury goes direct + Venus-Jupiter conjunction = perfect timing to stop choosing urgency over alignment. In this episode, I break down what's happening in the skies, how it affects your business decisions, and give you your exact strategic priorities for the week. Plus, I pull the Four of Wands and reveal what it means for your foundation. If you're a high-capacity founder who's built something successful but feels trapped by your own success, this is your weekly dose of clarity. Topics covered: This week's astrological influences and what...
info_outlineIn this powerful episode of the Busy to Boss podcast, Holly Bray gets honest about the quiet burnout behind the scenes of “successful” businesses, and the myth that ease and strategy can’t coexist.
She breaks down the five hidden tensions keeping high-capacity creatives stuck in cycles of hustle, guilt, and fragmentation, and introduces a new rhythm rooted in clarity, capacity, and systems that actually support your life.
Whether you’re scaling fast or spiralling quietly, this is your permission to stop building for your highest-energy self and start structuring your business for who you are right now.
Holly also introduces her 90 in 90 Intensive - a done-with-you planning session designed to help you reset your strategy and move into the next quarter with sustainable momentum.
If you’re ready to lead with ease (and still get results), this episode is your blueprint.
Book your 90 In 90 Intensive here: https://abranchofholly.com/90in90