{"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":"139. Are You Chasing Something or  Running from Something","slug":"139-are-you-chasing-something-or-running-from-something","published_at":"2026-05-13T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/below-the-circle-6619723/139-are-you-chasing-something-or-running-from-something","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/below-the-circle-6619723","url":"https://drphyllishayesreams.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/71d7597a-7c95-4ebe-b787-d5b95b53a42d.mp3","summary":"Are you chasing success, or are you running from the pain you have not named? In this honest and deeply personal episode of Below the Circle , Dr. Phyllis invites you to look at the “buffet” of life, where titles, roles, achievements, and endless yeses can start to feel like proof that you are enough. Through her own story of high achievement, imposter syndrome, betrayal, leadership pressure, COVID-era stress, and a hard landing with God’s help, she shows why the next title will never heal an old wound. This episode is a loving call to stop piling your plate, stop circling above your hurt, and ask one brave question: What am I running from? Peace, joy, and real rest begin when you choose to land. Episode highlights: (0:00) Chasing achievement to feel enough (2:11) The life-changing question: Are you chasing or running? (4:08) Fulfillment, validation, permission, and labels (10:10) Dr. Phyllis shares her personal story (17:49) Medical school, imposter syndrome, and hard seasons (20:13) Workplace betrayal and reopening old wounds (25:56) Leadership, COVID, scleroderma, and burnout (28:19) God’s hard landing and the wake-up call (31:57) Why the chase will never heal the hurt (35:41) The question to sit with this week (37:18) Episode 140 teaser Connect with Dr. Phyllis: http://drphyllishayesreams.com/ https://www.instagram.com/drphyllishayesreams/ https://www.facebook.com/phyllis.hayesreams","meta_description":"Are you chasing success, or are you running from the pain you have not named? In this honest and deeply personal episode of Below the Circle , Dr. Phyllis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2386,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/below-the-circle-6619723/episodes/139-are-you-chasing-something-or-running-from-something/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-6619723/139-are-you-chasing-something-or-running-from-something.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}