293: Intentional Imbalance: A New Way to Think About Having It All with Amanda Goetz
The Lavendaire Lifestyle
Aileen Xu
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Amanda Goetz is a 2x founder, 4x chief marketing officer, and was a single mom to three small children before finding love again. She spent two decades building and growing consumer-facing brands before shifting to writing, teaching, and coaching ambitious working parents on how to balance success and life. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois and, after hustling the streets of New York City for over a decade, is now testing out every sunscreen in the world on her children in Miami.
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TIMESTAMPS
9:13 Defining Toxic Grit
14:28 Healthy vs. Unhealthy Ambition
15:47 The Self-Worth Iceberg
21:33 Processing Tools That Work
25:53 Understanding Burnout
31:24 When Characters Grow Toxic
38:11 The Perfect Day Exercise
43:42 Finding Your People
46:16 Minimally Viable Day
55:03 Last Message
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| 0:00.0 | If you only have 20% to give and you give 20%, you gave 100%. |
| 0:05.6 | Hustle should be part of a life cycle, not a lifestyle. |
| 0:10.9 | Meaning hustle is not part of your identity. |
| 0:13.7 | It's a tool or a lever that you can pull when you realize that there is a goal that you want to achieve. |
| 0:24.8 | Welcome to the Lavenderet Lifestyle, the podcast on personal growth and lifestyle design. |
| 0:30.4 | My name's Eileen, and I'm here to guide you to shine as your brightest self and create your dream life. |
| 0:36.1 | We all have a light within and the power to create a |
| 0:38.9 | life we love. Every Sunday, we'll share thoughtful conversations exploring how we can build a better |
| 0:44.1 | future for ourselves and our world. Life is an art. Make it your masterpiece. Hello, my loves. Welcome |
| 0:52.9 | back to the Lavender Lifestyle podcast. It's Eileen. Today's episode is for the women who want to be able to do it all and have it all, to live a fully aligned and intentional life without the guilt of falling off in different areas of life. We talk about cultivating healthy ambition, embracing our seasons, making space for all the facets |
| 1:13.3 | of our character, and celebrating both intentional choices to accelerate or decelerate in life. |
| 1:20.4 | Our guest today is Amanda Gets. Amanda Gets is a two-times founder, four-times chief marketing |
| 1:26.5 | officer, and was a single mom to three small |
| 1:29.2 | children before finding love again. She spent two decades building and growing consumer-facing |
| 1:34.1 | brands before shifting to writing, teaching, and coaching ambitious working parents on how to |
| 1:39.7 | balance success and life. Quick reminder before we dive in, if you love planning and goal setting, you'll love our new |
| 1:47.4 | Artist of Life workbook. |
| 1:49.1 | This guided journal is beautifully designed to help you craft a life you love from the |
| 1:53.5 | micro to the macro. |
| 1:55.4 | Join thousands of others in creating your best year in 2026. |
| 1:58.7 | Just go to shop.lavendar.comcom. All right, onto the interview. |
| 2:04.6 | Hello, Amanda. Welcome to the podcast. How are you feeling today? I'm feeling good. It's a rainy day in |
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