{"podcast":{"title":"Below The Circle","slug":"below-the-circle-6619723","podcast_index_feed_id":6619723,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/below-the-circle/","website_url":"https://drphyllishayesreams.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/04c4d287-b813-49fa-b00b-6b59eca42bc5/Below-the-Circle-Podcast-Tile.jpg","author":"Dr. Phyllis Hayes-Reams","episode_count":141,"summary":"Are you tired of circling on autopilot? Below the Circle with Dr. Phyllis is the podcast for women ready to stop circling and start landing. You've been flying for years. Maybe decades. Hands gripped on the controls. Autopilot engaged. Circling the same patterns, the same way of doing life — over and over again. You're the high-achieving professional who never drops a ball. The ministry leader who pours out but never refuels. The mom running on fumes. The strong friend who holds everything together so seamlessly that no one thinks to ask if you're okay. You call it resilience. You call it strength. You call it love. But somewhere underneath all of it — underneath the doing and the fixing and the holding — there's a whisper you've been trying to ignore: \"This isn't working anymore.\" Your plate is full. Your soul is empty. You're not broken. You're not weak. You've just been flying so high for so long that you've been flying right over your own life. And everything you've been searching for — your joy, your peace, your identity, your dreams, your purpose — has been below the circle the entire time. Below the Circle with Dr. Phyllis is the landing plan for the woman who is ready to c…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/below-the-circle-6619723"},"episode":{"title":"#130- Breaking Free From The Busyness of Autopilot: Creating Space for Better Communication","slug":"130-breaking-free-from-the-busyness-of-autopilot-creating-space-for-better-communication","published_at":"2026-03-12T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/below-the-circle-6619723/130-breaking-free-from-the-busyness-of-autopilot-creating-space-for-better-communication","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/below-the-circle-6619723","url":"https://drphyllishayesreams.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/9a003264-885d-4477-bb0c-3125e28be063.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Dr. Phyllis shares her experience of realizing she had been living in a state of emotional autopilot. While managing the many roles and responsibilities of life, she found herself feeling disconnected and unsure how to step off the constant treadmill of expectations. Our conversation explores how easily parents can become overwhelmed by responsibilities and begin operating on autopilot. Dr. Phyllis reminds us that no parent is perfect and that not everything is ours to carry. She also discusses the tools that helped her begin the process of healing, strengthen communication, and repair important relationships. This episode is an encouragement to pause, reflect, and identify one area where more intentional communication could lead to meaningful change.","meta_description":"In this episode, Dr. Phyllis shares her experience of realizing she had been living in a state of emotional autopilot. While managing the many roles and r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1723,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/below-the-circle-6619723/episodes/130-breaking-free-from-the-busyness-of-autopilot-creating-space-for-better-communication/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/below-the-circle-6619723/130-breaking-free-from-the-busyness-of-autopilot-creating-space-for-better-communication.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}