Hosted by Ronél Pretorius · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 28 episodes
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Unrushed: Less Stress, More Meaning is for high-functioning professionals — especially those in demanding corporate roles — who've achieved external success but sense something's misaligned. If you're navigating a pivotal moment, feeling on autopilot despite accomplishment, or wondering if you're climbing the right mountain... this podcast is for you. I'm your host, Ronél Pretorius — a Career Alignment & Burnout Coach with nearly three decades of corporate HR experience. I help high-functioning professionals close the gap between external achievement and internal alignment. We explore what matters most when you're standing at a crossroads: leadership clarity, career transitions, sustainable performance, authentic alignment, and the quiet moments that help you reconnect with what's actually true for you. Designed with corporate women 40+ in mind, but everyone navigating these pivotal moments is welcome here. New episode
Ronél Pretorius hosts Unrushed: Less Stress, More Meaning, a business show with 28 episodes published.
Brain fog. Decision fatigue. Losing your words mid-sentence. If you've been experiencing any of these and are wondering whether it's just stress, or hormones, or something more, this conversation is for you. Jan Soloy is
I lost my train of thought mid-sentence in a meeting yesterday. And it's been happening more often than I'd like to admit. I know what helps. Breathe. Pause. Let it come back. But sometimes I just panic instead. And that
In this episode of Unrushed: Less Stress, More Meaning, I explore the concept of "choose your hard" and what it means in everyday decisions, what psychology tells us about why we default to the easier option, and what it
Have you ever found yourself knowing that something needs to change, but when you sit down to actually work it out, you end up more confused than when you started? In this episode, I talk about noise, the specific kind t
Do you handle everything yourself and have been doing so successfully for a very long time? In this episode, I’m sharing a moment that stopped me mid-evening: a lone buffalo, four circling lions, and the unexpected arriv
Have you ever made every possible adjustment, and still felt like something wasn't quite right? In this episode, I'm sharing a personal story that started with daily headaches and ended up teaching me one of the most imp
Early in my career, I was told to "develop a poker face" and "fake it until you make it." The idea was that to be taken seriously as a leader, I needed never to show uncertainty. But here's what I discovered: the energy
There's so much noise right now; competing opinions, endless frameworks. And somewhere in all that noise, it becomes really hard to hear your own voice. Today, I'm talking about clarity: what it is, why we need it more t
In this first episode of 2026, I'm asking a question: What matters most to you right now? Not what should matter — what actually does. I introduce three pillars that guide my work (Clarity, Authenticity, Alignment) and s
As the year comes to a close, many of us feel tired, reflective, and unsure about what comes next. In this gentle year-end reflection episode of Unrushed: Less Stress, More Meaning , I invite you to slow down, breathe, a
Have you noticed how quickly your world can shrink when you’re stressed? One minute you feel steady and in control… and the next, one email or unexpected request pulls you into tunnel vision. Suddenly, all you can see is
Are you on the edge of burnout and wondering whether quitting your job is the only way out? If you’ve found yourself fantasising about resigning just to breathe again — yet you’re torn because you have bills, responsibil
If you’ve ever watched a true crime documentary, you’ve probably heard investigators talk about “controlling the narrative.” In everyday life, we do the same — not to manipulate others, but to make sense of our world. Th
It's late on a Tuesday evening in November. You're still at your laptop, shoulders up near your ears, and that voice in your head is saying, "Just get through this. It'll calm down after year-end." But here's the truth:
What if slowing down isn’t risky, but the very thing that keeps you strong? In this episode of Unrushed: Less Stress, More Meaning, I challenge the myth that constant motion equals success and invite you to see rest as a
Have you ever caught yourself asking, “Can I really afford this time for myself?”—and immediately felt the pull back toward your to-do list? In this episode of Unrushed: Less Stress, More Meaning, I explore the tension b
Sometimes, it’s not the big things that trip us up; it’s the basics we forget to respect. In this episode of Unrushed: Less Stress, More Meaning , I share a simple yet powerful lesson inspired by a hiking mishap (and a f
In this episode of Unrushed: Less Stress, More Meaning , I take inspiration from the most unlikely of teachers — a donkey named Josef. Far from being stubborn or slow, Josef reveals surprising lessons about resilience, p
Mindful productivity isn’t about doing less; it’s about doing what matters with presence. For high-functioning women, this distinction is everything. Too often, productivity is mistaken for busyness, leading to frantic m
Ever find yourself eating, typing, and planning all at once — without really tasting your food or noticing where you are? That was me the other morning, until a poem by Mary Oliver, a cappuccino, and some unexpected wisd
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Unrushed: Less Stress, More Meaning is hosted by Ronél Pretorius. The show is categorised under business (careers) and has published 28 episodes.
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