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Deanna Yates | Professional Organizer, Decluttering Coach, Wannabe Minimalist
The Art of Bending Time: How to Beat Burnout and Get More Done with Michelle Niemeyer (Ep 301)
50 minutes Posted Mar 18, 2026 at 7:00 am.
Introduction
Who is Michelle Niemeyer and what she does
What is "bending time" and how it works
The 80/20 rule and why we waste time on busy work
Flow state and why physical health matters for productivity
Why "work-life balance" can actually be destructive
Signs of burnout: Michelle's personal story
The clarity exercise: finding what lights you up
How to weave your "sparks" into daily life
The power of small moments of connection
Why women feel guilty taking time for themselves
Treating your family like a team
Burnout to autoimmune disease: Michelle's health wake-up call
Bending time revisited: cutting junk, expanding capacity
Stop chasing a lifestyle that doesn't light you up
The boat dock story: things we own but never use
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Feeling burned out and stretched too thin? Former attorney turned burnout expert Michelle Niemeyer shares her "bending time" framework to help you find clarity, fill your energy reserves, and get more done in less time without losing yourself in the process.
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What if the reason you can't get it all done isn't a time problem but an energy problem?
Michelle Niemeyer is a speaker, consultant, and former attorney who burned out after 20+ years in law. That burnout led to an autoimmune diagnosis and became the wake-up call that changed everything.
She shares The Art of Bending Time, a framework that helps you expand what you can accomplish by getting clear on what matters, cutting the junk, and filling your energy reserves. The conversation also explores burnout warning signs, why women struggle with guilt around self-care, and how families can function as a team.
In this episode, you'll learn:
The burnout sign Michelle ignored for years that eventually made her body shut down
How one dad doubled his sales in a single week by changing just one thing about his morning
The simple clarity exercise that reveals what actually fills your cup (most people have never done this)
Why the phrase "work-life balance" might be the very thing keeping you stuck and overwhelmed
What 80 unused boats on a Miami dock taught Michelle about the clutter we're killing ourselves to maintain
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