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Stop Hiding Under the Covers: Practical and Quick Tools to Get Out of a Funk and Wake Up Eager

The Wake Up Eager Workforce Podcast

Release Date: 11/21/2025

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Episode Preview:

In this episode of the Wake Up Eager Workforce podcast, host Suzie Price shares her personal journey of overcoming burnout and reclaiming her energy and focus with powerful tools to help you get out of a funk. Drawing from her expertise and years of coaching leaders, Suzie introduces a fresh, science-backed approach to realign your life with clarity and purpose.

Through the lens of TriMetrix and Axiology, Suzie breaks down simple, practical tools that have helped her and countless others transform from stress and overwhelm to energy and alignment. She explains the 1% Solution (Tune In Time) as an easy-to-implement method that resets your mind in just 15 minutes a day, and how consistency can lead to 91 hours of mental calm over the course of the year.

Whether you’re feeling burnt out, stuck, or simply need a mental reset, this episode provides a clear roadmap to help you overcome those moments and wake up eager every day.

Read the transcript for Episode 140 below and discover how these tools can transform your mindset, boost your energy, and put you back in control of your life.

 

Takeaways of Episode #133 --- 

  • Tune In Time, or TNT
    Fifteen minutes a day — just one percent of your time — can completely change your energy and focus. It’s the pause that resets your perspective and builds 91 hours of calm clarity over the year. As author Greg McKeown reminds us, “If you don’t prioritize your life, someone else will.” Those 15 minutes are your daily investment in calm, focus, and ownership of your time.
  • The Intentional Focus Method
    You can’t always control what happens around you, but you can control what you focus on. When you shift from frustration to appreciation, you change your entire emotional landscape — and the results that follow. As Abraham-Hicks says, “You have the ability to focus, and therefore, the ability to choose the way you feel.”
  • Self-mastery is true power
    Every time you choose to focus on what’s going well, to plan your six must-do’s, or to give yourself grace, you strengthen your alignment. Because the most powerful leaders — and the most peaceful people — are the ones who know how to manage their own focus.As Lao Tzu reminds us, “Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.”

 

In this episode:

[00:05:20] Suzie Price: "Getting out of a funk isn’t about waiting for motivation to strike. It’s about building small, intentional actions that create momentum."

[00:17:43] Suzie Price: "The 1% Solution isn’t about big, overnight changes. It’s about dedicating 15 minutes a day to realign your focus and reduce stress over time."

[00:29:10] Suzie Price: "Self-leadership is the key to everything. When we lead ourselves well, we’re better equipped to show up for others and create the life we truly desire."

[00:33:33] Suzie Price: "Transformation happens in the small moments. It’s those consistent actions that, over time, create the biggest results in our lives."