Somewhere along the way, we started believing that for our lives to be good enough they have to be full. Full schedules. Full calendars. Full routines. Full potential. So we keep adding more. More goals, more habits, more plans, thinking eventually it will feel like enough.

But what if the problem isn’t that you’re not doing enough, it’s that your life is overpacked?

In this episode, I sit down with Brian Pultro, former Navy Commander turned financial planner, to unpack why so many of us feel the need to fill every inch of our lives in order to feel worthy, productive, or “on track.”

We talk about the pressure to do it all, why slowing down feels uncomfortable (even unsafe), and his philosophy of “monk speed,” a more intentional, grounded way of living that prioritizes presence over pressure.

Because a life that l ...