#1 Balance
The Catastrophe Café26 Marras 2025

#1 Balance

Welcome to the very first episode of The Catastrophe Café – where we pour meaning into the beautiful mess of work, life & everything in between.

In this inaugural episode, hosts Anita Aerni and Fabio Duma explore the art of balance. Not as a destination to reach, but as a dynamic practice of surfing the waves between opposites – activity and rest, doing and being, giving and receiving.

Drawing from their backgrounds in sustainable leadership and executive coaching, Anita and Fabio share personal stories about facing burnout, the courage it takes to step away from prestigious roles, and why we're "most human when we do nothing at all."

WHAT WE DISCUSS:

  • What balance really means (hint: it's not about perfection)
  • The tension of living with opposites and why we need both joy and sadness
  • Why modern life is out of balance and what that means for sustainability
  • The difference between hedonism and eudaimonia (the art of human flourishing)
  • How to sense when you're running on empty before burnout hits
  • Practical tools: breathing exercises, meditation, sleep, and the power of saying no
  • Fabio's framework for taking a bird's eye view of your life
  • Why leaders need to develop ambidexterity in today's complex world


If you want to learn more about your hosts, please vitit our websites:

www.fabioduma.ch

www.anitaaerni.org


Music & Editing by George Hurd

Tämä jakso on lisätty Podme-palveluun avoimen RSS-syötteen kautta eikä se ole Podmen omaa tuotantoa. Siksi jakso saattaa sisältää mainontaa.

Jaksot(13)

#13 Care, Dare & Share with Dr. Susan Goldsworthy OLY (Part 2)

#13 Care, Dare & Share with Dr. Susan Goldsworthy OLY (Part 2)

The deepest illusion of our time is believing we are separate. That’s the line that opens Part 2 of our conversation with Susan Goldsworthy — and it’s where Care and Dare give way to something Susan a...

10 Syys 33min

#12 Care, Dare & Share with Dr. Susan Goldsworthy OLY (Part 1)

#12 Care, Dare & Share with Dr. Susan Goldsworthy OLY (Part 1)

Care doesn’t mean being nice. Dare isn’t just about pushing harder. And you can’t really have one without the other.  That’s where Susan Goldsworthy begins — and it immediately reframes something most...

20 Elo 41min

#11 On Speaking Up And Getting Heard

#11 On Speaking Up And Getting Heard

Psychological safety isn't the absence of discomfort — it's whether speaking up feels worth the risk. For our first guest episode, we sat down with Nina Rossiana, who previously worked in Anita's team...

6 Elo 54min

#10 Living More With Less

#10 Living More With Less

Money doesn’t hug you when you come home.  That’s the line that opened this conversation — and it stayed with us long after we stopped recording. Because somewhere between optimising for salary, secur...

9 Heinä 53min

#9 Getting Serious About Joy

#9 Getting Serious About Joy

Welcome to Season 2 of The Catastrophe Café — same spirit, new guests, more perspectives. And we’re kicking it off with a paradox. Getting serious about joy. Yes, that’s exactly what we did.  Because ...

18 Kesä 36min

#8 In Praise of Curiosity and Courage

#8 In Praise of Curiosity and Courage

Philosopher Laurie Ann Paul writes that when facing a truly transformative decision — one that will change not just your life but who you are — you can't evaluate it rationally. You can't pre-feel it....

1 Touko 37min

#7 Navigating Relationships

#7 Navigating Relationships

The world’s longest study on happiness — running since 1938 — found that close relationships matter more for health and longevity than money, fame, genetics or IQ. Yet most of us treat relationships a...

2 Huhti 32min

#6 Habits - Stability or Stagnation?

#6 Habits - Stability or Stagnation?

Habits run 70% of our decisions on autopilot. That's both a superpower and a trap. We all have routines that ground us and free up mental energy for what matters. But some habits quietly keep us stuck...

12 Maalis 34min

Suosittua kategoriassa Koulutus

rss-murhan-anatomia
aamukahvilla
psykopodiaa-podcast
voi-hyvin-meditaatiot-2
rss-luonnollinen-synnytys-podcast
adhd-podi
rss-rahamania
rss-liian-kuuma-peruna
psykologia
rss-koira-haudattuna
rss-spessu
koulu-podcast-2
rss-arkea-ja-aurinkoa-podcast-espanjasta
kesken
ihminen-tavattavissa-tommy-hellsten-instituutti
rss-uskonto-on-tylsaa
rss-vapaudu-voimaasi
rss-niinku-asia-on
rss-duodecim-lehti
filocast-filosofian-perusteet