E41 Hit Unsubscribe: How to Stop the Drains on Your Energy, Focus, and Leadership Life
Lead with Spark · 2026-03-25 · 14 min
Episode notes
Last week, Lynsey Mulder unsubscribed from over fifty email lists. Her favorite stores. Her travel blogs. Her daily news briefings. And somewhere around number thirty-seven, she realized this wasn't just an inbox problem. In this episode, Lynsey takes the "unsubscribe" metaphor and runs with it, into the drama you never signed up for, the coworker who has made your time their time, the extra yeses you said out of guilt, and the noise that is quietly stealing your focus, your creativity, and your life. This is the episode for every professional woman who is working more and living less, and is not entirely sure how it got this way. TOGETHER WE WILL TALK ABOUT: The inbox cleanup that became a life philosophy The drama subscription and how to opt out without burning everything down The coworker who has quietly made your time their resource Why every "yes" is a hidden "no" and who is paying for it The invisible subscription: the noise running in your background every single day ONE LINE TO TAKE AWAY WITH YOU: "Your yes is valuable. Start treating it like it is."
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