The Recalibration
The Recalibration is a daily podcast for driven professionals who aren’t falling apart, but are quietly tired of holding everything together.
A space for nervous system informed identity recalibration before burnout forces the issue.
The Recalibration with Julie Holly is a daily podcast for high-performing professionals, leaders, and driven humans who are successful on paper, but feel worn down, disconnected, or quietly misaligned inside.
Often, this isn’t because something is wrong.
It’s because their nervous system has been carrying more than it was designed to hold.
This show is for people who:
Keep functioning at a high level, even when it costs them.
Feel tired of hacks, habits, and strategies that no longer work.
Aren’t in crisis, but know something isn’t sustainable.
Sense clarity slipping even though effort remains strong.
This isn’t mindset work.
It isn’t productivity advice or performance optimization.
The Recalibration introduces Identity-Level Recalibration, a psychology-backed, nervous-system-informed, faith-rooted pathway that realigns who you are at the root so your decisions, relationships, leadership, and energy begin to work again without pressure or self-erasure.
Hosted by Julie Holly, researcher, coach, and creator of the Identity-Level Recalibration Pathway, each episode blends psychology, nervous system science, leadership insight, philosophy, and faith-forward reflection.
The goal is simple and honest.
To help listeners understand why success can keep working while something inside feels off, and how to recalibrate before burnout, disconnection, or collapse force the issue.
What you will hear across the podcast:
The difference between burnout and identity misalignment.
Why nervous system fatigue disguises itself as motivation or discipline problems.
How pressure erodes clarity, even for capable leaders.
What aligned leadership, parenting, and relationships actually feel like.
How to move from effort to alignment without losing your edge.
How the podcast evolves by season:
Season 1, Episodes 1 through 86.
Foundations.
What Identity-Level Recalibration is, why performance eventually stops working, and how identity drives behavior.
Season 2, Episodes 87 through 170.
Integration into life.
Applying recalibration to relationships, boundaries, leadership, faith, and daily decision-making.
Season 3, Episodes 171 through 254.
For high performers.
Focused recalibration for driven professionals navigating pressure, exhaustion, and internal dissonance, even as success continues.
Season 4, Daily.
Practicing the recalibration.
A lived, embodied season walking through the recalibration process each week.
Recognition.
Release.
Reclamation.
Reinforcement.
Renewed momentum.
All applied to real relationships and real life.
If you are not falling apart, but you are quietly tired of holding everything together, this podcast is for you.
The previous 581 episodes are preserved as a living record, not of perfection, but of my own recalibration in real time as identity, faith, leadership, and nervous system alignment deepened over the years.
The Recalibration
Ep447: Embracing Intentionality in Everyday Choices with Brandon Smith
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Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and intentional living with our guest, Brandon Smith. Embrace change with curiosity and live each moment intentionally to unlock a more meaningful and purposeful existence. Tune in to gain invaluable insights to enrich your daily life.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Dynamics of change, curiosity, and adaptability in life
The power of learning to live intentionally
Actionable steps and fundamental elements for making choices that matter
Benefits of time blocking your day and structuring your calendar
The value of actively playing on the field rather than on the sidelines of life
RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONED
Happy As a Hippo by Brandon and Joyann Smith: https://amzn.to/47dcJ8l
Ep428: What Story Does Your Calendar Tell About Your Life?: https://apple.co/3RK7Rmz
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ABOUT BRANDON SMITH
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CONNECT WITH BRANDON
Website: Brandon Smith: https://www.brandonsmith.pro/
Podcast: The Missoula Podcast: https://apple.co/3REfA5A
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